Adapting tests of sign language assessment for other sign languages-a review of linguistic, cultural, and psychometric problems

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-147

  Haug, Tobias ^a   Mann, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGN LANGUAGE;

CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 42449125356     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm027     Document Type: Article

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