
Wood Response: a critical period for the acquisition of a theory of mind? Clues from homesigners / Cyril Courtin Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: a preliminary description / Angela M. Rosen Getting to the point: how a simple gesture became a linguistic element in Nicaraguan signing / Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola Response: a point well taken: on the typology and diachrony of pointing / Roland Pfau Acquisition of topicalization in very late learners of libras: degrees of resilience in language / Sandra K.

Dudis Sources of handshape error in first-time signers of ASL / Deborah Chen Pichler Response: modality and language in the second language acquisition of American Sign Language / Russell s.

Padden Response: some observations on research methodology in lexicostatistical studies of sign languages / James Woodward Two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages / Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann Response: some observations on form-meaning correspondences in two types of verbs in ASL / Paul G.


Contents: Introduction: why go around the deaf world? / Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli Sign language geography / Carol A.
