Help: let them speak or sign their language

[Liang Chen]

Pénicaud, S., Klein, D., Zatorre, R.J., Chen, J.K., Witcher, P., Hyde, K., & Mayberry, R.I. (2012). Structural brain changes linked to delayed first language acquisition in congenitally deaf individuals. NeuroImage, 66, 42-49.  

Mayberry, R. I. (2010). Early Language Acquisition and Adult Language Ability: What Sign Language reveals about the Critical Period for Language. In M. Marschark & P. Spencer (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2, 281-291.

http://grammar.ucsd.edu/mayberrylab/Publications.html


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From: info-childes at googlegroups.com <info-childes at googlegroups.com> on behalf of Aliyah MORGENSTERN <aliyah.morgenstern at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 4:54 PM
To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
Subject: Help: let them speak or sign their language

Dear info-childes,
I need to find good scientific proof it you think it is relevant and exists that
1) it is better for deaf children  (even if they get cochlear implants quite young) or children who because of some rare patholgoy cannot speak (like Cornelia de Lange Syndrome) to be "given" a sign language a soon a possible and to be raised bilingual (bimodal);
2) it is better for immigrant parents to speak their native language to their children (unless they are strong psychological or other reasons not to) rather than a language they are not experts in and for primary school teachers not to put pressure on the parents for them to only speak the language of the country they live in;

Any good papers (if possible the actual paper) or references welcome especially if they treat both those issues together!

Happy Thanksgiving to our American colleagues and Happy Chanukah to our Jewish colleagues (and whoever celebrates those holidays). Sorry if I don't know about other holidays coming up in the next few days!
Best,
Aliyah

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