How deaf American Sign Language/English bilingual children become proficient readers: an emic perspective

Judith L Mounty1, Concetta T Pucci2, Kristen C Harmon2

  • 1Gallaudet University judith.mounty@gallaudet.edu.

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Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
The critical period for language acquisition suggests that the ability to acquire language is at its peak early in life. As people age, this proficiency decreases. Language development begins very...
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