| Description |
1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- PART I: EARLY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION -- 1. The Role of Modality and Input in the Earliest Stage of Language Acquisition: Studies of Japanese Sign Language -- 2. Child-Directed Signing in American Sign Language -- 3. The Acquisition of Natural Signed Languages: Lessons in the Nature of Human Language and Its Biological Foundations -- 4. The Acquisition of First Signs: Place, Handshape, and Movement -- 5. Principles for an Emerging Phonological System: A Case Study of Early ASL Acquisition -- 6. Early Sign Combinations in the Acquisition of Sign Language of the Netherlands: Evidence for Language- Specific Features -- 7. A Reexamination of "Early Exposure" and Its Implications for Language Acquisition by Eye -- PART II: READING DEVELOPMENT -- 8. Is American Sign Language Skill Related to English Literacy? -- 9. A Piece of the Puzzle: ASL and Reading Comprehension in Deaf Children -- 10. American Sign Language and Reading Ability in Deaf Children -- 11. Creating an Involvement-Focused Style in Book Reading With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: The Visual Way -- 12. Theorizing About the Relation Between American Sign Language and Reading -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
This book focuses on the early acquisition of signed languages and the later development of reading by children who use signed languages. It represents the first collection of research papers focused solely on the acquisition of various signed languages by very young children--all of whom are acquiring signed languages natively, from deaf parents. It is also the first collection to investigate the possible relationships between the acquisition of signed language and reading development in school-aged children. The underlying questions addressed by the chapters are how visual-gestural languages |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language acquisition.
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Sign language.
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Language acquisition
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Sign language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morford, Jill P
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Mayberry, Rachel I
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| ISBN |
9781135679163 |
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1135679169 |
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