MODALITY EFFECTS AND MODULARITY IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: THE ACQUISITION OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Handbook of Child Language Acquisition

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 531-567

  Lillo Martin, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1163/9789004653023_019     Document Type: Chapter

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