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The effects of delayed first-language exposure on language acquisition : a case study
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The language and communication abilities of a deaf child (15;9) acquiring American Sign Language (ASL) as his first-language after puberty were investigated. The participant had been exposed to ASL for approximately three years at the time of testing. Background information and data concerning the participant's language and communication skills were collected from his foster parents. Videotaped language samples were collected in conversational and narrative contexts using various elicitation devices. Data from the language samples were transcribed and analyzed with respect to the participant's lexical, morphological, syntactic, and pragmatic skills. Comparison of the results of these analyses to what is known about native language acquisition, homesign, and late first-language acquisition revealed both similarities and differences between the participant and members of each of these three groups. Contrary to previous claims of dissociations between lexical, morphological, syntactic, and pragmatic development by late first-language learners, the participant demonstrated relatively similar abilities across different areas of language and communication. The theoretical implications of these results, as well as clinical implications and directions for future research, are discussed.
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Developmental; Language; Linguistics; Psychology
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The linguistic system of a deaf language learner : examining the effects of delayed language exposure
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Reading skills of deaf adults who sign : good and poor readers compared
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Grammatical processing in American sign language : effects of age of acquisition and syntactic complexity
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Hand in hand : the role of gesture in the spoken French of deaf children
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Do the deaf "see" better? : effects of deafness on visuospatial skills
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