The emergence of Nicaraguan sign language: Questions of development, acquisition, and evolution

Biology and Knowledge Revisited: From Neurogenesis to Psychogenesis

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 287-306

  Senghas, Richard J ^a   Senghas, Ann ^b   Pyers, Jennie E ^c  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920837207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611970     Document Type: Chapter

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