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Download full textLillo-Martin, Diane; And Others – Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, 1985
In an examination of the acquisition of the spatial syntax of American Sign Language (ASL), 43 children aged 3-10 years were given a range of comprehension and elicitation tests designed to analyze the subsystems involved in the corrrect use of ASL syntax. The subsystems were nominal establishment, verb agreement, and consistency of reference. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Children, Comprehension
