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emerging sign language: a standalone construct

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Child language development

a sign language arising in a new deaf community, where children add grammatical structure across generations.

In child language development, emerging sign language refers to a sign language arising in a new deaf community, where children add grammatical structure across generations. This meaning comes from Senghas (2004) in Science.[1]

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Senghas, A., Kita, S., & Özyürek, A. (2004). Children Creating Core Properties of Language: Evidence from an Emerging Sign Language in Nicaragua. Science, 305(5691), 1779-1782. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1100199

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