Early sign language acquisition and the development of hand preference in young children

Brain and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Bonvillian, John D ^a   Richards, Herbert C ^a   Dooley, Tracy T ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031172830     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1754     Document Type: Article

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