baby signing

[Adam Schembri, Deaf Studies]

Here are the references that have been mentioned:

Newport, E. & Meier. (1991). Out of the hands of babes: On a possible
sign advantage in language acquisition. Language 66. 1-23.
Petitto, L.A. (1994). Are signed languages 'real' languages? Evidence
from American Sign Language and Langue des Signes Quebecoise.
Signpost 7 (3). 173-183.
Van den Bogaerde, B. (2000). Input and interaction in deaf families.
Utrecht: LOT.
Volterra, V. & Caselli, C. (1985). From gestures and vocalizations to
signs and words. In W.C. Stokoe & V.Volterra, (Eds). The Third
International Symposium on Sign Language Research. Silver Spring, MD:
Linstok Press.

Check out the International Bibliography of Sign Language website for
these and others references (it's updated every month):

www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/bibweb

Cheers,
Adam

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