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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sign Language Acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Edited by <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Anne Baker</st1:PersonName>
and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Bencie Woll</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:PlaceName> / <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>www.benjamins.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How children acquire a sign language and the stages
of sign language<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>development</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>education</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>child’s</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>research</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The contributions to this volume address issues
covering the basics of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>doing</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>transcription</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>serves</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>languages</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>published</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Table of contents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Editors’ preface<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anne Baker</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Bencie Woll</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Articles<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Methods and procedures in sign language acquisition
studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Anne Baker</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
Beppie van den Bogaerde and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Bencie Woll</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Review of Sign Language Assessment Instruments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tobias Haug<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Some observations on the use of HamNoSys in the
context of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
phonetic transcription of children’s signing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ritva Takkinen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Transcription of child sign language<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">:</st1:PersonName> A focus on narrative<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary Morgan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Adult-child interaction in BSL nursery —
getting their attention<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sandra Smith and Rachel Sutton-Spence<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Code mixing in mother-child interaction in deaf
families<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Beppie van den Bogaerde and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Anne
Baker</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Index<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Bencie Woll, BA, MA, PhD<br>
Chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies<br>
Director, UCL DCAL Research Centre<br>
49 Gordon Square<br>
London WC1H 0PD<br>
+44 20 7679 8670 (voice)<br>
+44 20 7679 8691 (fax)<br>
+44 20 7679 8693 (textphone/minicom) www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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