Early vocabulary development in deaf native signers: a British Sign Language adaptation of the communicative development inventories

2009178 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Tyron Woolfe · National Deaf Children's Society

Abstract

The study has developed a valid, reliable measure of vocabulary development in BSL. Further research is needed to investigate the relationship between vocabulary acquisition in native and non-native signers.

Topics & Keywords

Hearing Impairment and Communication Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language Development and Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volume 51, Issue 3, pp. 322-331

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02151.x

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