signing in hearing children

[Marilyn Vihman]

In response to Bencie's useful distinction between non-symbolic gestures
and linguistic signs - and as an addition to the very informative note from
Adele Abrahamsen a few days ago, I refer those interested to Chapter 6, on
the Transition to language, in my book, Phonological Development
(Blackwell, 1996), where I discuss gesture along with protowords and early
(context-based) words in relation to referential word use.

-marilyn vihman


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