Enacting stories, seeing worlds: Similarities and differences in the cross-cultural narrative development of linguistically isolated deaf children

Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 311-336

  Van Deusen Phillips, Sarah B ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b   Miller, Peggy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Deaf children; Gesture; Home sign; Narrative development; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042909009     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046153     Document Type: Article

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