Sign Language Acquisition

Edited by Anne Baker and Bencie Woll
University of Amsterdam / University College London
How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual child’s communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do research in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools. The contributions to this volume address issues covering the basics of doing sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of transcription, analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It serves as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign languages who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally published as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 8:1/2 (2005)
[Benjamins Current Topics, 14]  2009.  xi, 167 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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ISBN 9789027222442 | EUR 80.00 | USD 120.00
 
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Table of Contents

Editors' preface
Anne Baker and Bencie Woll
vii–xi
Articles
Methods and procedures in sign language acquisition studies
Anne Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde and Bencie Woll
1–49
Review of Sign Language Assessment Instruments
Tobias Haug
51–85
Some observations on the use of HamNoSys in the context of the phonetic transcription of children's signing
Ritva Takkinen
87–105
Transcription of child sign language: A focus on narrative
Gary Morgan
107–118
Adult-child interaction in BSL nursery — getting their attention
Sandra Smith and Rachel Sutton-Spence
119–139
Code mixing in mother-child interaction in deaf families
Beppie van den Bogaerde and Anne Baker
141–163
Index
165–167

Quotes

“[...] an excellent introduction to the methodological issues surrounding sign language research. [...] This book is key reading for anyone interested in working in sign language acquisition.”
Molly Flaherty, University of Chicago, in The Journal of Child Language, Vol. 37 (2010)
“[...] a possible standard reference for those already working in child acquisition, education and deaf studies, and [...] a much-needed academic source on a topic, that has not received neraly enough attention in the field of sign language linguistics, namely, methodology.”
Julie A. Hochgesang, Gallaudet University, in Sign Language & Linguistics, Vol. 13:2 (2010)

Subjects

Benjamins Subject classification

Linguistics

BIC Subject

CFZ: Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication

BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number:  2008036039
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