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ERIC Number: EJ336080
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Where Should We Look for Language?
Stokoe, William C.
Sign Language Studies, v51 p171-84 Sum 1986
Argues that the beginnings of language need to be sought not in the universal abstract grammar proposed by Chomsky but in the evolution of the everyday interaction of the human species. Studies indicate that there is no great gulf between spoken language and nonverbal communication. (SED)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Deafness, Diachronic Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication, Psycholinguistics, Semiotics, Sign Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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