Some Possible Causes of Syntactic Deficits in the Congenitally Deaf English User

High school students of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind were given a sentence comprehension test involving various active, passive, and double-object constructions. Results of this test were compared to other vital data such as I.Q., reading level, age, sex, etc. Results of these analyses...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 1978-08, Vol.123 (5), p.528-535
Main Authors: Scholes, Robert J., Cohen, Marshall, Brumfield, Shannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Auditory perception
Child
Child, Preschool
Deafness
Female
Grammatical constructions
Hard of Hearing
Hearing Disorders - congenital
Humans
Language
Language comprehension
Language Disorders - etiology
Male
Sentence structure
Sentences
Syntactics
Syntax
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Summary:High school students of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind were given a sentence comprehension test involving various active, passive, and double-object constructions. Results of this test were compared to other vital data such as I.Q., reading level, age, sex, etc. Results of these analyses are considered in terms of four hypotheses concerning the observed syntactic deficit in the deaf language user. Hypotheses based on developmental "lag," the method of sentence presentation, and teaching methodology are rejected in favor of an explanation based on acquisitional modality.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375