Let's not forget the role of deafness in sign/speech bilingualism

• Autores: Bencie Woll, Mairéad Macsweeney
• Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 19, Nº 2, 2016, págs. 253-255
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Emmorey, Giezen and Gollan (Emmorey, Giezen & Gollan) address the fascinating question of what can be learnt about language, cognition and the brain from the unique group of people who have grown up learning both a signed and a spoken language. The focus of their review is hearing individuals – referred to as hearing bimodal bilinguals. The review presents an excellent overview of research in this field and highlights the unique insights that this population can provide.