The Demands of Writing and the Deaf Writer

The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mayer, Connie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Composing processes; Deafness; Pedagogy; Writing; Writing process

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EID: 84923493575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195390032.013.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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