Silence Is Liberating: Removing the Handcuffs on Grammatical Expression in the Manual Modality

Psychological Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-55

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   McNeill, David ^a   Singleton, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029690583     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.103.1.34     Document Type: Article

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