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A Treatise on Signed and Spoken Language in Early 19th Century Deaf Education in America

Author(s) -

Harry G. Lang,

William C. Stokoe

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

the journal of deaf studies and deaf education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1465-7325

pISSN - 1081-4159

DOI - 10.1093/deafed/5.2.196

Subject(s) - deaf education , reprint , sign language , american sign language , psychology , sign (mathematics) , spoken language , linguistics , history , philosophy , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , astronomy

This article introduces a reprint of an 1835 article by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard entitled, "Existing State of the Art of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb". It reviews Barnard's background and achievements (including 25 years as the president of Columbia College), his familial progressive deafness, and his advanced views on communication methods (he urged use of both sign language and English). (Contains references.) (DB)

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