Directions in Sign Language Acquisition

Editors

Gary Morgan | City University London

Bencie Woll | City University London

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As the first book of its kind, this volume with contributions from many well known scholars brings together some of the most recent original work on sign language acquisition in children learning a variety of different signed languages (i.e., Brazilian Sign Language, American SL, SL of the Netherlands, British SL, SL of Nicaragua, and Italian SL). In addition, the volume addresses methodological and theoretical issues in both sign language research and child language development in general. The book includes both overview chapters addressing matters of general concern in the study of sign language acquisition and chapters related to more specific topics such as sign language phonology, complex sentence structure and verb phrase development. This book will be of interest to sign language researchers, child language specialists and communication disorders professionals alike. The material is presented in such a way that also novices to the area of sign language study will find the text accessible.

[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 2] 2002. xx, 339 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/tilar.2

Table of Contents

Series editors’ preface | p. vii

Preface | p. ix

Introduction

Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll | p. xi

Foundations of communication and the emergence of language in deaf children

Marc C. Marschark | pp. 1–28

Phonology acquisition in Brazilian Sign Language

Lodenir Becker Karnopp | pp. 29–53

Transcription as a tool for understanding: The Berkeley Transcription System for sign language research (BTS)

Nini Hoiting and Dan I. Slobin | pp. 55–75

The development of Italian Sign Language (LIS) in deaf preschoolers

Elena Antinoro Pizzuto | pp. 77–114

The acquisition of verb agreement: Pointing out arguments for the linguistic status of agreement in signed languages

Richard P. Meier | pp. 115–141

The expression of grammatical relations by deaf toddlers learning ASL

Brenda Schick | pp. 143–158

FACES: The acquisition of non-manual morphology in ASL

Judy Reilly and Diane E. Anderson | pp. 159–181

Are young deaf children bilingual?

Beppie van den Bogaerde and Anne E. Baker | pp. 183–206

Language emergence in a language-ready brain: Acquisition

Judy A. Kegl | pp. 207–254

The development of complex sentences in British Sign Language

Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll | pp. 255–275

Afterword: A view from research on spoken language development

Elena Lieven | pp. 277–290

Conclusions and directions for future research

Bencie Woll and Gary Morgan | pp. 291–299

Glossary | pp. 301–303

Index | pp. 335–339

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