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Peer reviewedCarroll, John J.; Gibson, Eleanor J. – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Research is reported which investigated the ability of four-month-old hearing infants to discriminate between gestures derived from American Sign Language. Findings show that infants possess the perceptual abilities to differentiate between signs that differ solely in terms of contrasts along a single underlying movement direction. (SED)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Infant Behavior, Language Acquisition
