Entries from Group 4 Language Blog tagged with 'Talking Hands - Fox'
Homesign
Chapter 13 talks about homesigning. I am completely amazed and really confused how these deaf children were able to invent their own language. But even more, how is it possible that even though they had absolutely no exposure or knowledge...
Black vs white
In chapter 5, it is explained that Bedouin Sign Language (and many other languages for that matter) only have two different color words. It is simply black or white. I understand grouping all the dark colors together under the name...
Language Instincts
Chapter 4 discusses interesting views of modern linguistics and I found myself asking quite a few questions. To begin, on page 55 Fox discusses Chomskyâ??s argument for how speaking children are capable of testing, rejecting and revising their use of...
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