Early experiments

[Patricia Zukow-Goldring]

Hi Jean and All,

John Bonvillian, Amanda Garber, & Susan Dell have an article in _First
Language_,
_17_ (1997), 219-239 entitled "Language origin accounts: was the gesure in
the
beginning" that describes such experiments by Akbar, the emperor of
Hindustan,
in the 16th century. He, too, wanted to know what might be the natural
language
of
children who had not been taught another. He had heard that the language
would
be Hebrew. The 12 children were raised by 12 mute nurses. Surprise=surprise,
they
gestured but did not speak some 12 years later.

John told me he had another (similar?) publication on the topic.

Regards,

Pat Zukow-Goldring

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