John Bonvillian Explained

John D. Bonvillian
Birth Name:John Doughty Bonvillian
Birth Date:4 September 1948
Birth Place:Caldwell, Idaho, U.S.
Death Place:Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Influences:Mary Ainsworth, James Deese, Keith Nelson, William Stokoe
Alma Mater:Stanford University

John D. Bonvillian (1948-2018)[1] was a psychologist and associate professor - emeritus in the Department of Psychology and the Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[2] He is the principal developer of Simplified Signs, a manual sign communication system designed to be easy to form, easy to understand and easy to remember. He is also known for his research contributions to the study of sign language, child development, psycholinguistics, and language acquisition.

Education, early work, and career

Bonvillian received a B.A. in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University in 1970. While an undergraduate there, he was introduced to the field of child development by Mary D. S. Ainsworth and to psycholinguistics by James E. Deese. He then attended Stanford University on a National Science Foundation doctoral fellowship, earning his Ph.D. in 1974.[3] As a graduate student, he worked primarily with Keith E. Nelson as they conducted studies on child language acquisition in typically developing children and children with disabilities.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Some of this work was later reprinted in other publications.[17] [18] [19] He also wrote several articles examining the impact of maternal language input and other behaviors on a child's subsequent development.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] During his time at Stanford, John met William C. Stokoe, a pioneering figure in sign language research. Subsequently, the two were to work together editing the journal, Sign Language Studies.[25] In 1974, Bonvillian accepted an appointment as an assistant professor at Vassar College. In 1978, he was invited to join the faculty at the University of Virginia, where he was reunited as a colleague with his former professors, Ainsworth and Deese, who had previously accepted appointments at Virginia. He taught at UVA until his retirement in May 2015. He died on May 8, 2018, at the age of 69.[26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Research

Sign language acquisition and development

In 1979, Bonvillian commenced the first of two longitudinal studies of sign language acquisition in young children with deaf parents.[31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] These studies (conducted primarily with Michael D. Orlansky and Raymond J. Folven) were to provide valuable information on the course of American Sign Language (ASL) acquisition.[39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] Their research found that the patterns with which children developed proficiency in ASL was highly similar to the patterns with which children acquired spoken language skills. While the pattern of acquisition was similar across language modalities, many of the sign-learning children attained different language milestones in ASL earlier than their hearing counterparts attained these same milestones in spoken English (see the discussion of Baby sign language). These studies also provided information on how young children learn to form ASL signs. More specifically, these data enabled Bonvillian (with Theodore Siedlecki) to develop an account of sign language phonological acquisition.[47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] Bonvillian also conducted investigations into the use of manual signs to facilitate communication in minimally verbal or non-speaking children and adults, such as persons with aphasia or an intellectual disability.[54] [55] [56] In particular, he conducted a number of studies of sign language acquisition in children with autism.[57] [58] [59] In the 1990s, Bonvillian (with Brenda Seal) examined sign formation difficulties in children with autism.[60] This study made it clear that for manual signs to be used easily by children with autism, then the signs should consist of a single movement and be composed of a limited number of basic or unmarked handshapes.[61] [62] [63] Over his career, Bonvillian contributed multiple articles and chapters on sign language, sign language acquisition, and sign language development to various encyclopedias, textbooks, and other forums focused on language development, child development, and/or various aspects of deafness.[64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] He also wrote multiple reviews of books that were focused on these research areas as well as on language development in special populations.[79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89]

Word recall studies

In addition to word recall in deaf and hearing students being the topic of his dissertation, Bonvillian continued to perform a series of investigations into strategies or factors that improve (or inhibit) deaf persons’ and hearing persons’ recall of ASL signs and/or English words that had been presented to them.[90] [91] [92] In one study, deaf students who performed the sign language equivalent of each English word in a list remembered more words than those deaf students using other recall strategies; English words rated higher in imagery value also were recalled more often than words with low-imagery values.[93] In a sign recall study involving hearing persons previously unfamiliar with American Sign Language, different recall methods were encouraged in each of three experimental conditions; the condition in which the etymology or origin of a sign was provided along with its English translation equivalent resulted in better long-term sign retention.[94]

Project Koko

Bonvillian wrote a review of The Education of Koko by Francine Patterson and Eugene Linden in 1982.[95] Bonvillian and Patterson had known each other at Stanford University and had worked together with Koko the gorilla. They also had written an article on mother and peer attachment in rhesus monkeys in 1975.[96] They later published several articles in the 1990s on the sign language acquisition of gorillas in comparison with that of the young signing children of Deaf parents, noting both the similarities and differences between the sign language development of the two groups.[97] [98] [99] [100] [101] Bonvillian and Patterson also penned a short article on approaches to ape language research.[102] Bonvillian was a supporting member of the Gorilla Foundation.

Hand preference studies

Another recurring topic in Bonvillian's research was the issue of hand preference in deaf persons, signing children of Deaf parents (whether the children were deaf or hearing), and persons with autism. Since sign languages are based on the visual-manual modality of communication (rather than the auditory-vocal modality of spoken languages), Bonvillian wondered whether individuals exposed to signing from birth (because they had one or two signing Deaf parents) showed different handedness patterns than hearing individuals not exposed to signing from birth. He was also interested in whether such persons’ hand preference varied depending on whether their manual activity was for signing or was non-sign in nature (i.e., object actions, general communicative gestures, or other manual actions). The studies of the signing children of Deaf parents showed that they had a stronger hand preference (typically for the right hand) for their manual signing activity than they showed for non-sign communicative gestures and object actions.[103] [104] [105] [106] In contrast, sign-learning students with autism did not display as strong of a hand preference in their signing activity.[107] An earlier study of handedness patterns in deaf high-school and college students also showed a higher incidence of left-handedness, and that left-handed students tended to have been exposed to signing at a later age than those deaf students who preferred using their right hand.[108]

Use of manual signs and gestures in early contact situations

Bonvillian, who had always maintained a strong interest in and personal passion for history, investigated the use of manual signs and gestures by hearing persons in various historical contexts. In particular, he focused on the use of manual signs and gestures during early contact situations between Europeans and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. He approached this latter task in a systematic manner by examining the first-hand written accounts and journals of voyagers who travelled to the “New World” in search of riches (see, for example, his peer-reviewed article on Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, as well as the second chapter of his book Simplified Signs, Volume 1).[109] [110] He also researched and published work on the voyages of Martin Frobisher to Baffin Island and the Englishman's resulting interactions with the Inuit.[111] Of special interest to Bonvillian was the pre-existing use of various manual sign-communication systems in and among the various Indigenous nations of North America before the arrival of Europeans (in particular, the use of Plains Indian Sign Language as a lingua franca between Indigenous nations whose spoken languages were mutually incomprehensible). Bonvillian also was curious about the origins of language in humans and the possibility that gesture preceded speech as a communication system.[112] [113]

Simplified Sign System

In 1998, Bonvillian began work on developing a simplified, manual sign-communication system. The initial focus of this project was to develop a sign-communication system for non-speaking or minimally verbal individuals, such as children with autism, Down syndrome, or cerebral palsy. At the time of his death, Bonvillian's research team had developed a Simplified Sign System lexicon consisting of approximately 1850 easily formed, highly iconic signs or gestures. This increase in the size of sign vocabulary was undertaken to meet the needs of students and teachers who wanted to use Simplified Signs to facilitate the acquisition of foreign language vocabulary items. Research suggests that by performing highly iconic Simplified Signs with to-be-learned foreign language vocabulary items, students are able to internalize items into their memories more quickly and effectively.[114] The first 1000 signs of the Simplified Sign System were published on July 30, 2020, by Open Book Publishers in Cambridge, U.K.[115]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 1, 2022 . Bonvillian, John Doughty . July 1, 2022 . The Daily Progress.
  2. Web site: July 1, 2022 . Department of Psychology . July 1, 2022 . UVA Arts & Sciences.
  3. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Word coding and recall in deaf and hearing students . 1974 . Department of Psychology, Stanford University . Stanford, CA . Unpublished doctoral dissertation.
  4. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Charrow . V. R. . Psycholinguistic implications of deafness: A review (Technical Report No. 188) . 1972 . Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, Stanford University . Stanford, CA .
  5. Bonvillian . J. D. . Charrow . V. R. . Nelson . K. E. . Psycholinguistic and educational implications of deafness . Human Development . 1973 . 16 . 5 . 321–345 . 10.1159/000271286. 4591157 .
  6. Nelson . K. E. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Concepts and words in the 18-month-old: Acquiring concept names under controlled conditions . Cognition . 1973 . 2 . 4 . 435–450 . 10.1016/0010-0277(73)90003-6.
  7. Nelson . K. E. . Carskaddon . G. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Syntax acquisition: Impact of experimental variation in adult verbal interaction with the child . Child Development . 1973 . 44 . 3 . 497–504 . 10.2307/1128005. 1128005 .
  8. Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Charrow . V. R. . Languages and language-related skills in deaf and hearing children . Sign Language Studies . 1976 . 12 . 211–250 . 10.1353/sls.1976.0013. 143768036 .
  9. Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Sign language acquisition in a mute autistic boy . Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders . 1976 . 41 . 3 . 339–47 . 10.1044/jshd.4103.339. 950793 .
  10. Book: Nelson . K. E. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Children's language, Volume 1 . 1978 . Gardner Press, John Wiley . New York, NY . 467–556 . Early language development: Conceptual growth and related processes between 2 and 4 ½ years of age. 9780470993859 .
  11. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Siple . P. . Understanding language through sign language research . 1978 . Academic Press . New York, NY . 187–212 . Development of sign language in autistic children and other language-handicapped individuals. 9780126465501 .
  12. Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Rhyne . J. M. . Sign language and autism . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . 1981 . 11 . 1 . 125–137 . 10.1007/bf01531345. 6927693 . 32592372 .
  13. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Nelson . K. E. . Children's language, Volume 3 . 1982 . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . Hillsdale, NJ . 322–391 . Exceptional cases of language acquisition. 9780898592641 .
  14. Book: Nelson . K. E. . Denninger . M. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Kaplan . B. J. . Baker . N. . Pellegrini . D. A. . Yawkey . T. D. . The development of oral and written language in social contexts . 1984 . Ablex Publishing Corporation . Norwood, NJ . 31–56 . Maternal input adjustments and non-adjustments as related to children’s linguistic advances and to language acquisition theories. 9780893911713 .
  15. Blackburn . D. W. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Ashby . R. P. . Manual communication as an alternative mode of language instruction for children with severe reading disabilities . Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools . 1984 . 15 . 22–31 . 10.1044/0161-1461.1501.22.
  16. Nelson . K. E. . Baker . N. D. . Denninger . M. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Kaplan . B. J. . Cookie versus Do-it-again: Imitative-referential and personal-social-syntactic-initiating language styles in young children . Linguistics . 1985 . 23 . 3 . 433–454 . 10.1515/ling.1985.23.3.433. 201699447 .
  17. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Lahey . M. . Readings in childhood language disorders . 1978 . John Wiley . New York, NY . 409–417 . Sign language acquisition in a mute autistic boy (reprint). 9780471511670 .
  18. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Logan . J. F. . Readings in autism . 1978 . Special Learning Corporation . Guilford, CT . 170–175 . Sign language acquisition in a mute autistic boy (reprint). 9780895680082 .
  19. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Nelson . K. E. . Charrow . V. R. . Stokoe . W. C. . Sign and culture: A reader for students of American Sign Language . 1980 . Linstok Press . Silver Spring, MD . 227–265 . Languages and language-related skills in deaf and hearing children (reprint). 9780932130075 .
  20. DePaulo . B. M. . Bonvillian . J. D. . The effect on language development of the special characteristics of speech addressed to children . Journal of Psycholinguistic Research . 1978 . 7 . 3 . 189–211 . 10.1007/BF01067042. 144648222 .
  21. Bonvillian . J. D. . Raeburn . V. P. . Horan . E. A. . Talking to children: The effects of rate, intonation, and length on children's sentence imitation . Journal of Child Language . 1979 . 6 . 3 . 459–67 . 10.1017/S0305000900002488. 536410 . 30763236 .
  22. Crittenden . P. M. . Bonvillian . J. D. . The relationship between maternal risk status and maternal sensitivity . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry . 1984 . 54 . 2 . 250–262 . 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1984.tb01492.x. 6731591 .
  23. Christopoulos . C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Crittenden . P. M. . Maternal language input and child maltreatment . Infant Mental Health Journal . 1988 . 9 . 4 . 272–286 . 10.1002/1097-0355(198824)9:4<272::AID-IMHJ2280090403>3.0.CO;2-M.
  24. Rea . C. A. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Richards . H. C. . Mother-infant interactive behaviors: Impact of maternal deafness . American Annals of the Deaf . 1988 . 133 . 5 . 317–324 . 10.1353/aad.2012.0645. 3251417 . 39791729 .
  25. Bonvillian . J. D. . Editorial . Sign Language Studies . 1996 . 93 . 378 . 10.1353/sls.1996.0002. 246274480 .
  26. Web site: John D. Bonvillian . UVA Department of Psychology.
  27. News: John Doughty Bonvillian . May 13, 2018 . The Daily Progress.
  28. News: Bromley . A. E. . May 17, 2018 . In Memoriam: John D. Bonvillian, Who Developed a Simplified Sign Language . UVAToday .
  29. News: Kulkarni . N. . Celebrating the life and legacy of Prof. John Bonvillian . The Cavalier Daily . May 25, 2018.
  30. John Doughty Bonvillian . Sign Language Studies . 2018 . 18 . 4 . 677–678 . 10.1353/sls.2018.0022.
  31. Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Novack . L. L. . Developmental milestones: Sign language acquisition and motor development . Child Development . 1983 . 54 . 6 . 1435–45 . 10.2307/1129806. 1129806 . 6661942 .
  32. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Novack . L. L. . Folven . R. J. . The Acquisition of Symbolic Skills . Early Sign Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development . Rogers . D. R. . Sloboda . J. A. . 1983 . Plenum Press . New York, NY . 207–214 . 10.1007/978-1-4613-3724-9_23 . 978-1-4613-3726-3 .
  33. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Novack . L. L. . Kyle . J. G. . Woll . B. . Language in sign: An international perspective on sign language . 1983 . Croom Helm . London, U. K. . 116–125 . Early sign language acquisition and its relationship to cognitive and motor development. 9780709915287 .
  34. Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Sign language acquisition: Early steps . Communication Outlook . 1984 . 6 . 10–12.
  35. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Novack . L. L. . Folven . R. J. . Holley-Wilcox . P. . Stokoe . W. C. . Volterra . V. . SLR '83: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Sign Language Research, Rome, June 22-26, 1983 . 1985 . Linstok Press & Istituto di Psicologia, CNR in Rome, Italy . Silver Spring, MD . 10–22 . Language, cognitive, and cherological development: The first steps in sign language acquisition. 9780932130082 .
  36. Bonvillian . J. D. . Cate . S. N. . Weber . W. R. . Folven . R. J. . Early letter recognition, letter naming, and reading skills in a signing and speaking child . Sign Language Studies . 1988 . 60 . 271–294 . 10.1353/sls.1988.0020. 145628062 .
  37. Book: Novack . L. L. . Folven . R. J. . Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Holley-Wilcox . P. . Magarotto . C. . Deafness today and tomorrow: Reality and Utopia: Proceedings of the IXth Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf . 1988 . Ente Nazionale Sordomuti . Rome, Italy . 559–571 . Language, cognitive, and cherological development in young children of deaf parents.
  38. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Folven . R. J. . Edmondson . W. . Karlsson . F. . SLR '87: Papers from the Fourth International Symposium on Sign Language Research, Lappeenranta, Finland, July 15-19, 1987 . 1990 . Signum Press . Hamburg, Germany . 183–189 . The onset of signing in young children. 9783927731066 .
  39. Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . The role of iconicity in early sign language acquisition . Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders . 1984 . 49 . 3 . 287–292 . 10.1044/jshd.4903.287. 6748624 .
  40. Folven . R. J. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Communicative gestures and early sign language acquisition . First Language . 1984 . 5 . 14 . 129–143 . 10.1177/014272378400501404. 144387638 .
  41. Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Recent research on sign language acquisition: Implications for multihandicapped hearing-impaired children . The Journal of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association . 1984 . 11 . 72–87 . 10.1044/jnsshla_11_72.
  42. Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Iconicity and sign language: A reply to Lloyd, Loeding, and Doherty (1985) . Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders . 1985 . 50 . 4 . 407–8 . 10.1044/jshd.5004.407. 4057984 .
  43. Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Sign language acquisition: Language development in children of deaf parents and implications for other populations . Merrill-Palmer Quarterly . 1985 . 31 . 2 . 127–143 . 23086272 .
  44. Book: Orlansky . M. D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Smith . M. D. . Locke . J. L. . The emergent lexicon: The child's development of a linguistic vocabulary . 1988 . Academic Press . New York, NY . 263–292 . Early sign language acquisition. 9780126529753 .
  45. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Folven . R. J. . From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children . Early Sign Language Acquisition: Implications for Theories of Language Acquisition . Volterra . V. . Erting . C. J. . 1990 . Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg . Heidelberg, Germany . 219–232 . Springer Series in Language and Communication . 27 . 10.1007/978-3-642-74859-2_18 . 978-3-642-74861-5 .
  46. Folven . R. J. . Bonvillian . J. D. . The transition from nonreferential to referential language in children acquiring American Sign Language . Developmental Psychology . 1991 . 27 . 5 . 806–816 . 10.1037/0012-1649.27.5.806.
  47. Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Location, handshape and movement: Young children's acquisition of the formational aspects of American Sign Language . Sign Language Studies . 1993 . 78 . 31–52 . 10.1353/sls.1993.0016. 144458994 .
  48. Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Phonological deletion revisited: Errors in young children's two-handed signs . Sign Language Studies . 1993 . 80 . 223–242 . 10.1353/sls.1993.0000. 143549124 .
  49. Bonvillian . J. D. . Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Young children's acquisition of the location aspect of American Sign Language signs: Parental report findings . Journal of Communication Disorders . 1996 . 29 . 1 . 13–35 . 10.1016/0021-9924(94)00015-8. 8722527 .
  50. Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Young children's acquisition of the handshape aspect of American Sign Language signs: Parental report findings . Applied Psycholinguistics . 1997 . 18 . 17–39 . 10.1017/s0142716400009851. 144051385 .
  51. Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Homonymy in the lexicons of young children acquiring American Sign Language . Journal of Psycholinguistic Research . 1998 . 27 . 1 . 47–68 . 10.1023/A:1023222807136. 9476357 . 25762659 .
  52. Bonvillian . J. D. . Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Young children's acquisition of the movement aspect in American Sign Language: Parental report findings . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research . 1998 . 41 . 3 . 588–602 . 10.1044/jslhr.4103.588. 9638924 .
  53. Bonvillian . J. D. . Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Young children's acquisition of the formational aspects of American Sign Language: Parental report findings . Sign Language Studies . 2000 . 1 . 45–64 . 45–64 . 10.1353/sls.2000.0002. free .
  54. Bonvillian . J. D. . Friedman . R. J. . Language development in another mode: The acquisition of signs by a brain-damaged adult . Sign Language Studies . 1978 . 19 . 111–120 . 10.1353/sls.1978.0013. 144723813 .
  55. Christopoulou . C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Sign language, pantomime, and gestural processing in aphasic persons: A review . Journal of Communication Disorders . 1985 . 18 . 1 . 1–20 . 10.1016/0021-9924(85)90010-3. 3884670 .
  56. Bonvillian . J. D. . Miller . A. J. . Everything old is new again: Observations from the nineteenth century about sign communication training with mentally retarded children . Sign Language Studies . 1995 . 88 . 245–254 . 10.1353/sls.1995.0019. 143807861 .
  57. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Zimbardo . P. G. . Ruch . F. L. . Psychology and life . 1977 . Scott, Foresman . Glenview, IL . 182–183 . 9th . Breaking through into the silent world of an autistic child. 9780673150110 .
  58. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Heward . W. L. . Orlansky . M. D. . Exceptional children: An introductory survey of special education . 1984 . Charles E. Merrill . Columbus, OH . 174–175 . 2nd . Sign language with an autistic child. 9780675201308 .
  59. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Blackburn . D. W. . Siple . P. . Fischer . S. D. . Theoretical issues in sign language research, Volume 2. Psychology . 1991 . University of Chicago Press . Chicago, IL . 255–277 . Manual communication and autism: Factors relating to sign language acquisition.
  60. Seal . B. C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Sign language and motor functioning in students with autistic disorder . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . 1997 . 27 . 4 . 437–66 . 10.1023/a:1025809506097. 9261668 . 45695197 .
  61. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Armstrong . D. F. . Karchmer . M. A. . Van Cleve . J. V. . The study of signed languages: Essays in honor of William C. Stokoe . 2002 . Gallaudet University Press . Washington, D. C. . 190–212 . Sign communication training and motor functioning in children with autistic disorder and in other populations.
  62. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Sancho . G. . La langue des signes française au service des personnes avec autisme . 2015 . De Boeck Supérieur-Solal . Paris, France . viii-xiii . Préface.
  63. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Grove . N. . Launonen . K. . Manual sign acquisition in children with developmental disabilities . 2019 . Nova Science Publishers, Inc. . New York, NY . 115–131 . Sign acquisition and development by hearing children with autism spectrum disorders.
  64. Crammatte . A. B. . Caccamise . F. . Reising . D. . Palmer . U. . Blea . W. A. . Argires . D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Comments, questions, and answers . American Annals of the Deaf . 1974 . 119 . 3 . 296–298 . 44387865 .
  65. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Van Cleve . J. V. . Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness, Vol. 2 H-R . 1986 . McGraw-Hill . New York, NY . 321–327 . Language acquisition and deafness.
  66. Williams . R. L. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Early childhood memories in deaf and hearing college students . Merrill-Palmer Quarterly . 1989 . 35 . 4 . 483–497 . 23086397 .
  67. Bonvillian . J. D. . Manual systems of communication: Some background terms . SHHH (Journal of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People . 1989 . 10 . 12–16 .
  68. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Folven . R. J. . Marschark . M. . Clark . D. . Psychological perspectives on deafness . 1993 . Lawrence Erlbaum Associates . Hillsdale, NJ . 229–265 . Sign language acquisition: Developmental aspects. 9780805810547 .
  69. Book: Bohannon III . J. N. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Gleason . J. B. . The development of language . 1997 . Allyn and Bacon . Boston, MA . 259–316 . 4th . Theoretical approaches to language acquisition. 9780205198856 .
  70. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Richards . H. C. . Saah . M. I. . Aksu-Koç . A. . Erguvanli-Taylan . E. . Özsoy . A. S. . Küntay . A. . Perspectives on language acquisition: Selected papers from the VIIth International Congress for the Study of Child Language, 1996, Istanbul, Turkey . 1998 . Boğaziçi University Printhouse . Istanbul, Turkey . 17–30 . Sign language and motor development in infancy. 9789755181189 .
  71. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Barrett . M. . The development of language . 1999 . Psychology Press . Hove, U. K. . 277–310 . Sign language development. 10.4324/9781315784694 . 9781315784694 .
  72. Book: Bohannon III . J. N. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Gleason . J. B. . The development of language . 2001 . Allyn and Bacon . Boston, MA . 254–314 . 5th . Theoretical approaches to language acquisition. 9780205316366 .
  73. Trumbetta . S. L. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Haskins . B. G. . Language-related symptoms in persons with schizophrenia and how deaf persons may manifest these symptoms . Sign Language Studies . 2001 . 1 . 3 . 228–253 . 10.1353/sls.2001.0012. 143357389 .
  74. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Salkind . N. J. . Macmillan psychology reference series, Vol. 1: Child development . 2002 . Macmillan Reference USA . Farmington Hills, MI . 366 . Sign language. 9780028656182 .
  75. Bonvillian . J. D. . Of speech and sign: Language in atypical populations . PsycCRITIQUES . 2002 . 47 . 3 . 337–339 . 10.1037/001147.
  76. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Goldstein . E. B. . Encyclopedia of perception . 2010 . SAGE Publications, Inc. . Thousand Oaks, CA . 40–41 . American sign language. 10.4135/9781412972000.n16 . 9781412940818 .
  77. Book: Bohannon III . J. N. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Gleason . J. B. . Ratner . N. B. . The development of language . 2012 . Allyn and Bacon . Boston, MA . 190–240 . 8th . Theoretical approaches to language acquisition. 9780132612388 .
  78. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Brooks . P. J. . Kempe . V. . Encyclopedia of language development . 2014 . SAGE Publications, Inc. . Thousand Oaks, CA . 541–544 . Sign language acquisition. 10.4135/9781483346441.n172 . 9781452258768 .
  79. Bonvillian . J. D. . Language of autistic children by D. W. Churchill (review) . Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography . 1979 . 53 . 227–228 .
  80. Bonvillian . J. D. . Deaf children: Developmental perspectives edited by L. S. Liben (review) . Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography . 1980 . 54 . 247 .
  81. Bonvillian . J. D. . Language acquisition: Studies in first language development edited by P. Fletcher & M. Garman (review) . Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography . 1981 . 55 . 318 .
  82. Bonvillian . J. D. . Total communication: A signed speech program for nonverbal children by B. Schaeffer, A. Musil, & G. Kollinzas (review) . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . 1982 . 12 . 309–312 . 10.1007/BF01531376. 189918328 .
  83. Bonvillian . J. D. . A sensory motor program for language delayed children edited by The Staff of Monnington Special Education Centre, Pamela L. Iverson, Heather Hewitt, & Robert James Last (review) . American Annals of the Deaf . 1982 . 127 . 738 . 10.1353/aad.2012.1484. 145220133 .
  84. Bonvillian . J. D. . Olley . J. G. . Communication problems in autism edited by E. Schopler and G. B. Mesibov (review) . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . 1986 . 16 . 243–245 . 10.1007/BF01531736. 189919250 .
  85. Bonvillian . J. D. . The development of language (2nd ed.) edited by J. B. Gleason (review) . Applied Psycholinguistics . 1990 . 11 . 105–107 . 10.1017/S0142716400008316. 145513226 .
  86. Bonvillian . J. D. . The acquisition of two languages from birth: A case study by A. De Houwer (review) . Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology . 1992 . 23 . 536–537 . 10.1177/0022022192234011. 220532085 .
  87. Bonvillian . J. D. . Language in motion: Exploring the nature of sign by J. D. Schein & D. A. Stewart (review) . SHHH (Journal of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People) . 1996 . 17 . 30–31 .
  88. Bonvillian . J. D. . A sign of things to come? [Review of Dancing with words: Signing for hearing children's literacy by Marilyn Daniels] . Sign Language Studies . 2002 . 2 . 217–220 . 10.1353/sls.2002.0003. 143554394 .
  89. Wedding . D. . Bonvillian . J. D. . A show of hands. [Review of Hearing gesture: How our hands help us think by S. Goldin-Meadow] . PsycCRITIQUES . 2004 . 49 (Supp 14) . 10.1037/04076S.
  90. Bonvillian . J. D. . Effects of signability and imagery on word recall of deaf and hearing students . Perceptual and Motor Skills . 1983 . 56 . 3 . 775–91 . 10.2466/pms.1983.56.3.775. 6877965 . 20753594 .
  91. Bonvillian . J. D. . Rea . C. A. . Orlansky . M. D. . Slade . L. A. . The effect of sign language rehearsal on deaf subjects' immediate and delayed recall of English word lists . Applied Psycholinguistics . 1987 . 8 . 33–53 . 10.1017/S0142716400000059. 146603417 .
  92. Siedlecki Jr. . T. . Votaw . M. C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Jordan . I. K. . The effects of manual interference and reading level on deaf subjects' recall of word lists . Applied Psycholinguistics . 1990 . 11 . 2 . 185–199 . 10.1017/S0142716400008766. 145076988 .
  93. Novack . L. L. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Word recall in deaf students: The effects of different coding strategies . Perceptual and Motor Skills . 1996 . 83 . 2 . 627–39 . 10.2466/pms.1996.83.2.627. 8902042 . 22448372 .
  94. Maynard . A. E. . Slavoff . G. R. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Learning and recall of word-sign pairs: The impact of sign etymology . Sign Language Studies . 1994 . 82 . 55–78 . 10.1353/sls.1994.0013. 143543667 .
  95. Bonvillian . J. D. . The education of Koko by Francine Patterson and Eugene Linden (review) . Sign Language Studies . 1982 . 34 . 7–14 . 10.1353/sls.1982.0022. 142179870 .
  96. Patterson . F. G. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Reynolds . P. C. . Maccoby . E. E. . Mother and peer attachment under conditions of fear in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) . Primates . 1975 . 16 . 75–81 . 10.1007/BF02381800. 22647124 .
  97. Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . Early sign language acquisition in children and gorillas: Vocabulary content and sign iconicity . First Language . 1993 . 13 . 39 . 315–338 . 10.1177/014272379301303903. 144933453 .
  98. Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . Early sign language acquisition in children and gorillas: Part 1, Sign iconicity (condensed from First Language article) . Gorilla . 1994 . 17 . 1 . 2–5.
  99. Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . Early sign language acquisition in children and gorillas: Part 2, Vocabulary acquisition and content (condensed from First Language article) . Gorilla . 1994 . 17 . 2 . 2–5.
  100. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . Mandell . C. . McCabe . A. . The problem of meaning: Behavioral and cognitive perspectives . 1997 . Elsevier Science . Amsterdam, the Netherlands . 181–219 . Sign language acquisition and the development of meaning in a lowland gorilla. 10.1016/S0166-4115(97)80137-9 .
  101. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . Parker . S. T. . Mitchell . R. W. . Miles . H. L. . The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans: Comparative perspectives . 1999 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, U. K. . 240–264 . Early sign-language acquisition: Comparisons between children and gorillas. 10.1017/CBO9780511542305.013 . 9780521580274 .
  102. Bonvillian . J. D. . Patterson . F. G. P. . A new paradigm? [Comment on "The emergence of a new paradigm in ape language research" by S. G. Shanker & B. J. King] . Behavioral and Brain Sciences . 2002 . 25 . 621–622 . 10.1017/S0140525X02230113. 144420821 .
  103. Bonvillian . J. D. . Richards . H. C. . The development of hand preference in children's early signing . Sign Language Studies . 1993 . 78 . 1–14 . 10.1353/sls.1993.0007. 144642385 .
  104. Web site: Bonvillian . J. D. . Richards . H. C. . Dooley . T. T. . Kinzler . S. . Mayer . L. E. . Maynard . A. E. . Saah . M. I. . Slavoff . G. R. . Hand preference in young children's early signing. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA (Report No. EC 302336) . 1993 . Office of Educational Research and Improvement, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 360765 . Washington, D.C..
  105. Seal . B. C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Hand preference in young deaf children of hearing parents . Sign Language Studies . 1996 . 93 . 301–326 . 10.1353/sls.1996.0010. 143123374 .
  106. Bonvillian . J. D. . Richards . H. C. . Dooley . T. T. . Early sign language acquisition and the development of hand preference in young children . Brain and Language . 1997 . 58 . 1 . 1–22 . 10.1006/brln.1997.1754. 9184092 . 41388334 .
  107. Bonvillian . J. D. . Gershoff . E. T. . Seal . B. C. . Richards . H. C. . Hand preferences in sign-learning students with autistic disorder . Laterality . 2001 . 6 . 3 . 261–81 . 10.1080/713754414. 15513175 . 8808076 .
  108. Bonvillian . J. D. . Orlansky . M. D. . Garland . J. B. . Handedness patterns in deaf persons . Brain and Cognition . 1982 . 1 . 2 . 141–57 . 10.1016/0278-2626(82)90012-4. 6927557 . 42388643 .
  109. Bonvillian . J. D. . Ingram . V. L. . McCleary . B. M. . Observations on the use of manual signs and gestures in the communicative interactions between Native Americans and Spanish explorers of North America: The accounts of Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca . Sign Language Studies . 2009 . 9 . 2 . 132–165 . 10.1353/sls.0.0013. 144794381 .
  110. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Kissane Lee . N. . Dooley . T. T. . Loncke . F. T. . Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations. Volume 1: Principles, Background, and Application . 2020 . Open Book Publishers . Cambridge, U. K. . 31–54 . Use of Manual Signs and Gestures by Hearing Persons: Historical Perspectives. 10.11647/OBP.0205 . 978-1-78374-923-2 . free .
  111. Book: Sherley-Appel . C. . Bonvillian . J. D. . Bauman . H-D. L. . Murray . J. J. . Deaf gain: Raising the stakes for human diversity . 2014 . University of Minnesota Press . Minneapolis, MN . 159–181 . Manual signs and gestures of the Inuit of Baffin Island: Observations during the three voyages led by Martin Frobisher. 10.5749/j.ctt9qh3m7 . 9780816691227 .
  112. Bonvillian . J. D. . Garber . A. M. . Dell . S. B. . Language origin accounts: Was the gesture in the beginning? . First Language . 1997 . 17 . 51 . 219–239 . 10.1177/014272379701705110. 144945717 .
  113. Bonvillian . J. D. . Dell . S. B. . A response to Grieve and Campbell's medieval experiments on child language . First Language . 1999 . 19 . 55 . 99–105 . 10.1177/014272379901905505. 141416020 .
  114. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Kissane Lee . N. . Dooley . T. T. . Loncke . F. T. . Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations. Volume 1: Principles, Background, and Application . 2020 . Open Book Publishers . Cambridge, U.K. . 10.11647/OBP.0205. 978-1-78374-923-2 . free.
  115. Book: Bonvillian . J. D. . Kissane Lee . N. . Dooley . T. T. . Loncke . F. T. . Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations. Volume 2: Simplified Sign Lexicon, Descriptions, and Memory Aids . 2020 . Open Book Publishers . Cambridge, U.K. . 10.11647/OBP.0220. 978-1-78374-999-7 . free.

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