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Language from the Ground Up: A Study of Homesign Communication
Erkenntnis, 2016Philosophers are often beholden to a picture of language as a largely static, well-defined structure which is handed over from generation to generation by an arduous process of learning: language, on this view, is something that we are given, and that we can make use of, but which we play no significant role in creating ourselves.
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On resilience, homesigns and nativism: a response to Goldin-Meadow
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2015The analysis of structure in a corpus of spoken or signed language is a very difficult process. Alternatives must be argued against and the analysis selected should satisfy a number of criteria, from simplicity of analysis to reflecting accurately the grammar of the language in question.
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On homesign systems as a potential window on language evolution
Language & Communication, 2007Abstract It may be possible to infer some features of language evolution from properties of homesigns – the rudimentary gestural systems created by certain deaf children. On this belief, homesigns offer a potential window on language evolution. The present article makes an assessment of the heuristic potential of a homesigns window on language ...
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Spatial language supports spatial cognition. Evidence from deaf homesigners
20092 p.
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Typology of word order in an emerging homesign system
2022Seyyed Hatam Tamimi Sa'd, Wilbur, Ronnie
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The Emergence of Agent-Marking Strategies in Child Homesign Systems
2019Annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 53), 25 mei ...
Horton, L. +3 more
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