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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
De Gruyter,
2012.
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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.