Investigating Deaf Children's Vocabulary Knowledge in British Sign Language
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Sign vocabulary in deaf toddlers exposed to sign language since birth.
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عنوان ژورنال: Language Learning
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0023-8333
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00670.x