Studies of American and Chinese Children Who Were Congenitally Deaf

question 68

Multiple Choice

Studies of American and Chinese children who were congenitally deaf and who had never been exposed to any formal sign language demonstrated that the children:

• A) learned only a small number of "home signs" and did so by modelling their parents.
• B) invented only a small number of "home signs" in order to communicate just their basic needs.
• C) spontaneously imposed a rudimentary grammar on their "home signs."
• D) combined their "home signs" in a structure similar to that of their parents' spoken language.

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