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Review published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 25:1 (2022) ► pp.92–98

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Deborah Chen Pichler, Marlon Kuntze, Diane Lillo-Martin, Ronice Müller de Quadros & Marianne Rossi Stumpf. Sign language acquisition by deaf and hearing children. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-56368-554-5, $199.00 (institutional access) $75.00 (permanent access) $5.00 (short-term access)

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Published online: 5 April 2022
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