What Does Research on Language Acquisition in Deaf Individuals Indicate

question 48

Multiple Choice

What does research on language acquisition in deaf individuals indicate?

• A) No system of functional communication can be developed in the absence of auditory stimuli.
• B) Sign language is unlike spoken language because it has few morphemes and it lacks syntactical structure.
• C) Similar developmental stages exist for the acquisition of sign language in deaf children and spoken language in hearing children.
• D) Sign language only permits very primitive and basic communication between individuals.

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