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Sign Language Acquisition
How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual child’s communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do research in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools. The contributions to this volume address issues covering the basics of doing sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of transcription, analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It serves as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign languages who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally published as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 8:1/2 (2005)
[Benjamins Current Topics, 14] 2008. xi, 167 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 December 2008
Published online on 19 December 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Editors' prefaceAnne E. Baker and Bencie Woll | pp. vii–xi
- Articles
- Methods and procedures in sign language acquisition studiesAnne E. Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde and Bencie Woll | pp. 1–49
- Review of Sign Language Assessment InstrumentsTobias Haug | pp. 51–85
- Some observations on the use of HamNoSys in the context of the phonetic transcription of children's signingRitva Takkinen | pp. 87–105
- Transcription of child sign language: A focus on narrativeGary Morgan | pp. 107–118
- Adult-child interaction in BSL nursery — getting their attentionSandra Smith and Rachel Sutton-Spence | pp. 119–139
- Code mixing in mother-child interaction in deaf familiesBeppie van den Bogaerde and Anne E. Baker | pp. 141–163
- Index | pp. 165–167
“[...] an excellent introduction to the methodological issues surrounding sign language research. [...] This book is key reading for anyone interested in working in sign language acquisition.”
Molly Flaherty, University of Chicago, in The Journal of Child Language, Vol. 37 (2010)
“[...] a possible standard reference for those already working in child acquisition, education and deaf studies, and [...] a much-needed academic source on a topic, that has not received neraly enough attention in the field of sign language linguistics, namely, methodology.”
Julie A. Hochgesang, Gallaudet University, in Sign Language & Linguistics, Vol. 13:2 (2010)
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