par Leybaert, Jacqueline 
;Van Cutsem, M.N.
Référence Journal of experimental child psychology, 81, page (482-501)
Publication Publié, 2002
;Van Cutsem, M.N.Référence Journal of experimental child psychology, 81, page (482-501)
Publication Publié, 2002
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Do the visuomanual modality and the structure of the sequence of numbers in sign lan- guage have an impact on the development of counting and its use by deaf children? The sequence of number signs in Belgian French Sign Language follows a base-5 rule while the number sequence in oral French follows a base-10 rule. The accuracy and use of sequence number string were investigated in hearing children varying in age from 3 years 4 months to 5 years 8 months and in deaf children varying in age from 4 years to 6 years 2 months. Three tasks were used: abstract counting, object counting, and creation of sets of a given cardinality. Deaf children exhibited age-related lags in their knowledge of the number sequence; they made different errors from those of hearing children, reflecting the rule-bound nature of sign language. Remarkably, their performance in object counting and creating sets of given cardinality was similar to that of hearing children who had a longer sequence number string, indicating a better use of counting than predicted by their knowl- edge of the linguistic sequence of numbers |
