The uniformity and diversity of language: Evidence from sign language

Lingua

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2727-2732

  Sandler, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diversity; New languages; Sign language; Universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957377612     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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