The Development of Language-Like Communication Without a Language Model
- 22 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4301) , 401-403
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.877567
Abstract
Deaf children who are unable to acquire oral language naturally and who are not exposed to a standard manual language can spontaneously develop a structured sign system that has many of the properties of natural spoken language. This communication system appears to be largely the invention of the child himself rather than of the caretakers.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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