theoretical framework for research

[Mary Arliskas]

Thank you so much for the reply!! I am going to search for that article. I
have always had a feeling about the Nativism thing, but as you know,
feelings are intuitive and intuition is not a cold hard fact.

thanks again! I will keep you posted on the research!

At 10:18 AM 11/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Mary (and others) -
>
>I would agree that some form of Nativism is at work.  Sam Supalla did an
>article in Theoretical Issues in Sign language Research, Vol. 2 (1991) on
>children exposed to MCE without ASL input who demonstrated ASL-like signing.
>He argued the same thing, that the students were reconstructing their input
>to conform more naturally to the visual-spatial medium (a la nativism/LAD)
>
>--Don Grushkin
>>
>>Thank you again for the great ideas last time I posted about comparing
>>signing deaf and oral deaf student's writing for my thesis.
>>
>>My next question concerns one of the most elusive constructs I have found
>>in research: The theoretical (conceptual) framework. I know that this is
>>what stance I bring to the research, my thoughts/feelings/etc., so I am
>>curious if I am "on the right track".
>>
>>I believe that deaf children have a "mental grammar" such like that
>>postulated by Chomsky. I believe that their language is innate and the
>>grammar universal. Maybe that is why the mistakes made in writing will
>>occur independent of the communication system used?
>>
>> I first became curious about this when I interpreted for a young girl who
>>was orally trained then was switched to a strict total communication
>>system. This young girl (she was 8 years old and highly intelligent) used
>>ASL constructs without being exposed to ASL per se. This lead me to believe
>>that ASL propensity is present in the profoundly deaf child due to an
>>innate Language Acquisition Device (another Chomsky reference).
>>
>>Am I on to something? What theoretical frameworks have most researchers out
>>there used? Would it suffice to say that my theoretical framework is
>Nativism?
>>
>>Thank you in advance for your responses.
>>Mary E. Arliskas
>>Teacher for Deaf/EBD Students
>>Chicago Public Schools
>
>
Mary E. Arliskas
Teacher for Deaf/EBD Students
Chicago Public Schools