Nativization, Linguistic Theory, and Deaf Language Acquisition

The acquisition of language by deaf children of deaf parents and deaf children of hearing parents is considered in the light of such linguistic theories as Andersen’s “nativization-denativization” and Bickerton’s “bioprogram,” and found to show both support for the theories and complexities that the theories do not exactly explain.

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