**The Emergence of Sign Languages**

Editors

**Wendy Sandler Mark Aronoff Carol Padden**

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*Editors* Wendy Sandler Sign Language Research Lab, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Mark Aronoff Department of Linguistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Carol Padden Department of Communication, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

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This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal *Languages* (ISSN 2226-471X) (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special issues/Emergence Sign Languages).

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