The emergence of temporal language in Nicaraguan Sign Language
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The emergence of temporal language in Nicaraguan Sign Language.
Understanding what uniquely human properties account for the creation and transmission of language has been a central goal of cognitive science. Recently, the study of emerging sign languages, such as Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL), has offered the opportunity to better understand how languages are created and the roles of the individual learner and the community of users. Here, we examined the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cognition
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0010-0277
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.08.005