Abstract
Homesign is a visual-gestural form of communication that emerges between deaf individuals and their hearing interlocutors in the absence of a conventional sign language. I argue here that homesign conversations form a perfect testcase to study the extent to which pragmatic competence is foundational rather than derived from our linguistic abilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e8 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 46 |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Feb 2023 |