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title: Language Acquisition By Eye
author: Chamberlain, Charlene.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805829377
print isbn13: 9780805829372
ebook isbn13: 9780585114811
language: English
subject Sign language, Language acquisition.
publication date: 2000
lcc: HV2474.L33 2000eb
ddc: 419
subject: Sign language, Language acquisition.
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PART I
EARLY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
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Language Acquisition by Eye
Edited by
Charlene Chamberlain
McGill University
Jill P. Morford
University of New Mexico
Rachel I. Mayberry
McGill University
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS
Mahwah, New Jersey London
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Copyright © 2000 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other
means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers
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Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Language acquisition by eye/edited by Charlene Chamberlain, Jill P.
Morford, Rachel I. Mayberry.
P. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and indexes.
ISBN 0-8058-2937-7 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Sign language. 2. Language acquisition. I. Chamberlain,
Charlene. II. Morford, Jill Patterson, 1963- . III. Mayberry,
Rachel I.
HV2474.L33 1999
419dc21 99-30894
CIP
Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and
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CONTRIBUTORS
Charlene Chamberlain McGill University
Jane A. Coerts University of Amsterdam
Kimberley E. Conlin Texas School for the Blind
Robert J. Hoffmeister Boston University
Nini Hoiting University of Amsterdam
Amanda S. HolzrichterUniversity of Texas at Austin
Nobuo Mastaka Kyoto University
Paula F. Marentette Augustana University College
Susan M. Mather Gallaudet University
Claude Mauk University of Texas at Austin
Rachel I. Mayberry McGill University
Richard P. Meier University of Texas at Austin
Gene R. Mirus University of Texas at Austin
Jill P. Morford University of New Mexico
Carol Padden University of California, San Diego
Laura Ann Petitto McGill University
Philip Prinz San Francisco State University
Claire Ramsey University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Dan I. Slobin University of California, Berkeley
Michael Strong University of California, Santa Cruz
André Thibeault Gallaudet University
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PART I
EARLY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
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For grandma Joyce (1906-1998), who without knowing
anything about science or scholarship taught me all the basics:
persistence, a systematic eye for detail, and above all else,
patience, patience, patience.
C.C.
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PART I
EARLY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
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CONTENTS
Contributors v
Preface xi
Foreword
Nini Hoiting and Dan I. Slobin xv
Part I: Early Language Acquisition 1
1. The Role of Modality and Input in the Earliest Stage of Language
Acquisition: Studies of Japanese Sign Language
Nobuo Masataka 3
2. Child-Directed Signing in American Sign Language
Amanda S. Holzrichter and Richard P. Meier 25
3. The Acquisition of Natural Signed Languages: Lessons in the Nature
of Human Language and Its Biological Foundations
Laura Ann Petitto 41
4. The Acquisition of First Signs: Place, Handshape, and Movement
Kimberly E. Conlin, Gene R. Mirus, Claude Mauk, and Richard P.
Meier 51
5. Principles for an Emerging Phonological System: A Case Study of
Early ASL Acquisition
Paula F. Marentette and Rachel I. Mayberry 71
6. Early Sign Combinations in the Acquisition of Sign Language of the
Netherlands: Evidence for Language-Specific Features
Jane A. Coerts 91
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7. A Reexamination of "Early Exposure" and Its Implications for
Language Acquisition by Eye
Jill P. Morford and Rachel I. Mayberry 111
Part II: Reading Development 129
8. Is American Sign Language Skill Related to English Literacy?
Michael Strong and Philip Prinz 131
9. A Piece of the Puzzle: ASL and Reading Comprehension in Deaf
Children
Robert J. Hoffmeister 143
10. American Sign Language and Reading Ability in Deaf Children
Carol Padden and Claire Ramsey 165
11. Creating an Involvement-Focused Style in Book Reading With
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: The Visual Way
Susan M. Mather and André Thibeault 191
12. Theorizing About the Relation Between American Sign Language
and Reading
Charlene Chamberlain and Rachel I. Mayberry 221
Author Index 261
Subject Index 269
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Description:This book focuses on the early acquisition of signed languages and the later development of reading by children who use signed languages. It represents the first collection of research papers focused solely on the acquisition of various signed languages by very young children--all of whom are acquir
