Beatrijs Wille

List of John Benjamins publications in which Beatrijs Wille is involved.

Articles

Wille, Beatrijs, Hilde Nyffels and Olga Capirci 2023 The road to language through gesture: The longitudinal case of parent-child interactions in deaf children Gesture 22:1, pp. 39–61 | Article

This study explores the role of gestures in Flemish Sign Language (VGT) development through a longitudinal observation of three deaf children’s early interactions. These children were followed over a period of one and a half year, at the ages of 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months. This research compares… read more

Wille, Beatrijs, Kimberley Mouvet, Myriam Vermeerbergen and Mieke Van Herreweghe 2018 Flemish Sign Language development: A case study on Deaf mother – deaf child interactions Functions of Language 25:2, pp. 289–322 | Article

This case study provides a first exploratory study on the early Flemish Sign Language acquisition of a deaf infant from the perspective of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Theory. It highlights some remarkable aspects of sign language acquisition with respect to interpersonal interaction between… read more