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The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An introduction
Edited by Anne E. Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde, Roland Pfau and Trude Schermer
[Not in series 199] 2016
► pp. 51–72

Chapter 3
Acquisition

Article outline
  • 3.1Introduction
  • 3.2How do children learn a sign language?
  • 3.3The path of sign language development
    • 3.3.1The pre-linguistic stage
    • 3.3.2The one- and two-word stages
    • 3.3.3The differentiation stage
    • 3.3.4Reaching the adult level
  • 3.4Second language acquisition
  • 3.5Bilingual development
    • 3.5.1Deaf children of deaf parents
    • 3.5.2Hearing children of deaf parents
    • 3.5.3Deaf children of hearing parents
    • 3.5.4Children with a cochlear implant (CI)
  • Summary
  • Test yourself
  • Assignments
  • References and further reading
Published online: 23 June 2016
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