The first signs of language: Phonological development in British Sign Language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-22

  Morgan, Gary ^a   Barrett Jones, Sarah ^a   Stoneham, Helen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947362399     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716407070014     Document Type: Article

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