Description

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Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world.

About the Author

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Erin Wilkinson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. She currently serves as co-editor of Sign Language Studies and Cambridge Elements in Sign Languages. Her research is published in Humanity & Society, Cognition, Sign Language Studies, Maternal and Child Health Journal, and Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.Jill P. Morford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. She co-edited the volume Language Acquisition by Eye, and has published in Frontiers in Psychology, Cognition, Cognitive Linguistics, Maternal and Child Health Journal, and Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.