Sign Language Versus Spoken Language.

Stokoe, William C.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Sign Language Versus Spoken Language

Stokoe, William C.

Sign Language Studies, 18, 69-90, Spr 78

In the debate over continuities versus discontinuities in the emergence of language, sign language is not taken to be the antithesis, but is presented as the antecedent of spoken languages. (Author/HP)

Descriptors: Deafness, Grammar, Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistics, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Psycholinguistics, Sign Language, Verbal Communication

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