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Cognitive pragmatics: Insights from homesign conversations

  • Connie de Vos

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    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 languageEnglish
    Article numbere8
    Number of pages3
    JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
    Volume46
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Feb 2023

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