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Peer reviewedNewport, Elissa L. – Language Sciences, 1988
Reviews work on the acquisition of complex verbs in American Sign Language (ASL), delineating three lines of research showing how children acquire ASL and discussing possible reasons for the particular fashion in which different children (native learners, non-native learners, and native learners with parents who are non-native learners) acquire…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition
