Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children |
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| Author:
| Schick, Brenda
Marschark, Marc
Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth |
| Series title: | Perspectives on Deafness Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-518094-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $155.41AUD $238.00 |
Book Description:
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The contributors to this volume are leading scholars and researchers of the acquisition and development of sign languages. The authors provide cogent summaries of what is known about early gestural development, interactive processes adapted to visual communication, and the processes of semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic development in sign. They address theoretical as well as applied questions, often with a focus on aspects of language that are (or perhaps or not) related to the...
More DescriptionThe contributors to this volume are leading scholars and researchers of the acquisition and development of sign languages. The authors provide cogent summaries of what is known about early gestural development, interactive processes adapted to visual communication, and the processes of semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic development in sign. They address theoretical as well as applied questions, often with a focus on aspects of language that are (or perhaps or not) related to the modality of the language.