TY - BOOK AU - Morgan,Gary AU - Woll,B. TI - Directions in sign language acquisition T2 - Trends in language acquisition research, SN - 1588112357 AV - HV2474 .D57 2002 U1 - 419 21 PY - 2002///] CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - Sign language acquisition KW - Sign language KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Gary Morgan, Bencie Woll -- Foundations of communication and the emergence of language in deaf children / Marc Marschark -- Phonology acquisition in Brazilian Sign Language / Lodenir Becker Karnopp -- Transcription as a tool for understanding : the Berkeley Transcription System for sign language research (BTS) / Nini Hoiting, Dan I. Slobin -- The development of Italian Sign Language (LIS) in deaf preschoolers / Elena Pizzuto -- The acquisition of verb agreement : pointing out arguments for the linguistic status of agreement in signed languages / Richard P. Meier -- The expression of grammatical relations by deaf toddlers learning ASL / Brenda Schick -- FACES : the acquisition of non-manual morphology in ASL / Judy Reilly, Diane Anderson -- Are young deaf children bilingual? / Beppie van den Bogaerde, Anne E. Baker -- Language emergence in a language-ready brain : acquisition / Judy Kegl -- The development of complex sentences in British Sign Language / Gary Morgan, Bencie Woll -- Afterword : a view from research on spoken language development / Elena V.M. Lieven -- Conclusions and directions for future research / Bencie Woll, Gary Morgan ER -