The development of the ability to recognize the meaning of iconic signs

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-86

  Tolar, Tammy D ^a   Lederberg, Amy R ^a   Gokhale, Sonali ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; VOCABULARY;

EID: 47249165280     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm045     Document Type: Article

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