Which Scenario Would Most Likely Result in Significant Language Change

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which scenario would most likely result in significant language change?

• A) A community of deaf adults, who are native signers of American Sign Language, teaching American Sign Language to hearing children.
• B) A community of hearing adults, who are native signers of American Sign Language, teaching American Sign Language to deaf children.
• C) A community of native German-speaking adult immigrants to the United States speaking to their children in English from birth.
• D) A community of native French speakers teaching English-speaking immigrant children to speak French in the first grade.

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