Methods and procedures in sign language acquisition studies

Anne Baker | Universiteit van Amsterdam

Beppie van den Bogaerde | Hogeschool Utrecht

Bencie Woll | University College London

Sign language acquisition is a relatively new field and is still developing its own good practice. This paper gives an overview of the most common procedures in research design, choice of subjects, transcription and documentation. The paper concludes with a brief overview of the chronology of development of sign languages.

Keywords: methodology, research design, sign language acquisition, transcription

Published online: 28 August 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.8.1.03bak

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