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Language readiness and learning among deaf children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2017

Anne E. Pfister  and
Daniel H. Lende
Anne E. Pfister
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2659. a.pfister@unf.edu
Daniel H. Lende
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620-8100. dlende@usf.edu
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Abstract

We applaud Goldin-Meadow & Brentari's (G-M&B's) significant efforts to consider the linkages between sign, gesture, and language. Research on deaf children and sign language acquisition can broaden the G-M&B approach by considering how language readiness is also a social phenomenon and that distinctions between imagistic and categorical formats rely on language practices and contexts.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e67
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