Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 13:48:48 +0000 From: paul <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Directions in Sign Language Acquisition
Title: Directions in Sign Language Acquisition
Series Title: Trends in Language Acquisition Research
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Gary Morgan
Editor: Bencie Woll
As the first book of its kind, this volume with contributions from
many well known scholars brings together some of the most recent
original work on sign language acquisition in children learning a
variety of different signed languages (i.e., Brazilian Sign Language,
American SL, SL of the Netherlands, British SL, SL of Nicaragua, and
Italian SL). In addition, the volume addresses methodological and
theoretical issues in both sign language research and child language
development in general. The book includes both overview chapters
addressing matters of general concern in the study of sign language
acquisition and chapters related to more specific topics such as sign
language phonology, complex sentence structure and verb phrase
development. This book will be of interest to sign language
researchers, child language specialists and communication disorders
professionals alike. The material is presented in such a way that also
novices to the area of sign language study will find the text
accessible.
Table of Contents
Series editors' preface vii
Preface ix
Introduction
Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll xi - xx
Foundations of communication and the emergence of language in deaf
children
Mark Marschark 1 - 28
Phonology acquisition in Brazilian Sign Language
Lodenir Becker Karnopp 29 - 53
Transcription as a tool for understanding: The Berkeley Transcription
System for sign language research (BTS)
Nini Hoiting and Dan I. Slobin 55 - 75
The development of Italian Sign Language (LIS) in deaf preschoolers
Elena Pizzuto 77 - 114
The acquisition of verb agreement: Pointing out arguments for the
linguistic status of agreement in signed languages
Richard P. Meier 115 - 141
The expression of grammatical relations by deaf toddlers learning ASL
Brenda Schick 143 - 158
FACES: The acquisition of non-manual morphology in ASL
Judy S. Reilly and Diane Anderson 159 - 181
Are young deaf children bilingual?
Beppie van den Bogaerde and Anne Baker 183 - 206
Language emergence in a language-ready brain: Acquisition
Judy Kegl 207 - 254
The development of complex sentences in British Sign Language
Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll 255 - 275
Afterword: A view from research on spoken language development
Elena V. M. Lieven 277 - 290
Conclusions and directions for future research
Bencie Woll and Gary Morgan 291 - 299
Glossary 301 - 303
Bibliography 305 - 334
Index 335 - 340
Lingfield(s): Language Acquisition
Language Family(ies): Sign Language (Language Code: SL)
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)
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