Language Emergence: Clues from a New Bedouin Sign Language

Ann Senghas

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A sign language has emerged among three generations of deaf people and their families in a Bedouin community in the Negev desert. This newly reported case sheds light on the minimal environmental social factors required to generate a language.

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