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Emerging Sign Languages

Irit Meir, W. Sandler, C. Padden, M. Aronoff

2010.6.28Languages

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195390032.013.0018

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Sign language emergence is of special interest as it's the only human language that can emerge de novo at any time.

Abstract

The emergence of sign language is of special interest because sign languages are the only human languages that can emerge de novo at any time [...]

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MEIR, Irit, et al. Emerging sign languages. Languages, 2010.