Bringing up baby with baby signs: Language ideologies and socialization in hearing families

Sign Language Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Pizer, Ginger ^a   Walters, Keith ^b   Meier, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249142952     PISSN: 03021475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sls.2007.0026     Document Type: Article

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