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ERIC Number: EJ645370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1366-7289
Gestural, Signed and Spoken Modalities in Early Language Development: The Role of Linguistic Input.
Capirci, Olga; Iverson, Jana M.; Montanari, Sandro; Volterra, Virginia
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, v5 n1 p25-37 Apr 2002
Examined potential effects of early exposure to sign language on the use of communicative gestures by a bilingual hearing child of deaf parents. Data were analyzed to identify types and tokens of communicative gestures, words, signs, and the ways in which they were combined. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Input, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sign Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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