We applaud Goldin-Meadow & Brentari's (G-M&B's) significant efforts to consider the linkages between sign, gesture, and language. Research on deaf children and sign language acquisition can broaden the G-M&B approach by considering how language readiness is also a social phenomenon and that distinctions between imagistic and categorical formats rely on language practices and contexts.

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聋儿的语言准备和学习

我们赞赏 Goldin-Meadow & Brentari's (GM&B's) 为考虑符号、手势和语言之间的联系所做的重大努力。对聋儿和手语习得的研究可以通过考虑语言准备如何也是一种社会现象以及想象和分类格式之间的区别依赖于语言实践和上下文来拓宽 GM&B 方法。