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Direct linkMorgan, Gary; Herman, Rosalind; Woll, Bencie – Journal of Child Language, 2002
This study focuses on the mapping of events onto verb-argument structures in British Sign Language (BSL). The development of complex sentences in BSL is described in a group of 30 children, aged 3;2-12;0, using data from comprehension measures and elicited sentence production. The findings support two interpretations: firstly, in the mapping of…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Children, Sentence Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
