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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"homesign"”.
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Mothers Do Not Drive the Development of Adult Homesign Systems: Evidence from Comprehension
… linguistic input, develop gestures, called “homesign,” to communicate. We examined homesign systems used by four deaf Nicaraguan adults (ages 15-27), and evaluated whether homesigners’ hearing mothers are potential sources for these systems. Study One measured mothers’ comprehension of …
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Sign Languages of Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, and their Challenges for Sign Language Typology
… (SLs) between established deaf community SLs and homesign have been called the “grey area” of SL linguistics, by virtue of their resistance to classification and the fact that they are understudied (Nyst, 2010, p. 416). This thesis investigates the languages of 12 deaf people living in the …
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Sign Languages of Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, and their Challenges for Sign Language Typology
… (SLs) between established deaf community SLs and homesign have been called the “grey area” of SL linguistics, by virtue of their resistance to classification and the fact that they are understudied (Nyst, 2010, p. 416). This thesis investigates the languages of 12 deaf people living in the …