Young children's acquisition of the handshape aspect of American sign language signs: Parental report findings

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-39

  Siedlecki Jr , Theodore ^b   Bonvillian, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039176345     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400009851     Document Type: Article

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