Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Marc Marschark, Brenda Schick, and Patricia Elizabeth Spencer:
Chapter 2: Dan I. Slobin: Issues of Linguistic Typology in the Study of Sign Language Development of Deaf Children
Chapter 3: V. Volterra, J.M. Iverson, and M. Castrataro: The Development of Gesture in Hearing and Deaf Children
Chapter 4: Patricia E. Spencer and Margaret Harris: Patterns and Effects of Language Input to Deaf Infants and Toddlers from Deaf and Hearing Mothers
Chapter 5: Brenda Schick: Acquiring a Visually-Motivated Language: Evidence from Diverse Learners
Chapter 6: Diane Anderson: Lexical Development of Deaf Children Acquiring Signed Languages
Chapter 7: Nini Hoiting: Deaf Children Are Verb Attenders: Early Sign Vocabulary Development in Dutch Toddlers
Chapter 8: Carol A. Padden: Learning to Fingerspell Twice: Young Signing Children's Acquisition of Fingerspelling
Chapter 9: Richard P. Meier:
Chapter 10: Deborah Chen Pichler: Acquisition of Syntax in Signed Languages Diane Lillo-Martin and
Chapter 11: Judy Reilly: How Faces Come To Serve Grammar: The Development of Non-Manual Morphology in ASL
Chapter 12: Barbara Shaffer: Deaf Children's Acquisition of Modal Terms
Chapter 13: Gary Morgan: The Development of Narrative Skills in British Sign Language
Chapter 14: Jenny L. Singleton and Dianne D. Morgan: Natural Signed Language Acquisition within the Social Context of the Classroom

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"Represents an extremely effective and up-to-date compilation of research and practice in the field and can be considered as an excellent resource for those interested in current research, further research, or the development or review of programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing children...It is highly recommended."--Journal of Deaf Studies