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Sign Language Structure Stokoe, Jr. orients himself, becomes aware of himself or of his position in the group. Further research into the operation of socialization and personality formation of the deaf is urgently required. Social Factors in the Isolation of Deaf Persons and the Establishment of a Social Group of the Deaf Read from the bottom up this chart shows the lines of social divergence from birth through adulthood. A. S. Lunde SASLJ, Vol. 2, No. 2 – Fall/Winter 2018 23