Is Language Created or Manufactured?.

Stokoe, William C.

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ERIC Number: EJ526170

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Is Language Created or Manufactured?

Stokoe, William C.

Sign Language Studies, v89 p331-46 Win 1995

Examines arguments that language comes from innate, abstract knowledge of universal grammar that signers use to create new grammatical features. (12 references) (CK)

Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Grammar, Hypothesis Testing, Language Acquisition, Language Universals, Morphemes, Semiotics, Sign Language, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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