Language against the odds: The learning of British Sign Language by a polyglot savant

Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-41

  Morgan, Gary ^a   Smith, Neil ^a   Tsimpli, Ianthi ^b   Woll, Bencie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937380893     PISSN: 00222267     EISSN: 14697742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022226701001220     Document Type: Article

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