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Direct linkMorgan, Gary; Herman, Rosalind; Barriere, Isabelle; Woll, Bencie – Cognitive Development, 2008
In the course of language development children must solve arbitrary form-to-meaning mappings, in which semantic components are encoded onto linguistic labels. Because sign languages describe motion and location of entities through iconic movements and placement of the hands in space, child signers may find spatial semantics-to-language mapping…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Sign Language, Language Acquisition
