4 From Gestures to Signs in the Acquisition of Sign Language

Hoiting, Nini; Slobin, Dan I.

doi:10.1075/gs.1.06hoi

In:Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language: Essays in honor of David McNeill
Edited by Susan D. Duncan, Justine Cassell and Elena T. Levy
[Gesture Studies 1] 2007
► pp. 51–65

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4 From Gestures to Signs in the Acquisition of Sign Language

Nini Hoiting

Dan I. Slobin

Published online: 6 June 2007

https://doi.org/10.1075/gs.1.06hoi

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