The authors provide cogent summaries of what is known about early gestural development, interactive processes adapted to visual communication, & the processes o

The use of sign language has a long history. Indeed, humans' first languages may have been expressed through sign. Sign languages have been found around the wor

Contributors present the latest information on both the new world evolving for deaf & hard-of-hearing children & the improved expectations for their acquisition

How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with stu