Acquisition of Topicalization in Very Late Learners of Libras

Deaf around the World: The Impact of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wood, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian sign language; Homesigners; Language acquisition; Language teaching; Sign language linguistics; Topicalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920498853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732548.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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