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Acquisition Reversal : the Effects of Postlingual Deafness in Yoruba.

This is the first comprehensive account of prolonged hearing loss and its impact on a language that was once spoken fluently. The reader is introduced to a significant deaf population - Yoruba speakers who have been profoundly deaf for more than twenty years and who have no access to hearing aids or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Orie, Olanike Ola
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.
Colección:Studies on Language Acquisition SOLA.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Postlingual Deafness
  • Chapter 2. The Yoruba: the people and their language
  • Chapter 3. Deafness, Societal Attitude, and Language Adaptation
  • Chapter 4. Yoruba Sign Language: A Basic Description
  • Chapter 5. Postlingual Deafness at Age 5: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years
  • Chapter 6. Postlingual Deafness at Age 8: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years
  • Chapter 7. The Connection of Postlingual Deafness Language Loss to Acquisition
  • Chapter 8. Summary, Suggestions for Rehabilitation and Further Research
  • References
  • Index.