Language impairments in sign language: Breakthroughs and puzzles

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Morgan, Gary ^a   Herman, Rosalind ^a   Woll, Bencie ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Sign Language; Development; Disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 33847037075     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820600783178     Document Type: Article

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