Author Question: The development of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL): A. has demonstrated how all sign languages are ... (Read 136 times)

Engineer · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The development of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL):

A. has demonstrated how all sign languages are basically the same.
B. has demonstrated the importance of having fully formed input for language development.
C. has demonstrated the importance of young children for adding complexity to a developing language.
D. has demonstrated the importance of explicit instruction in language creation.

Question 2

A Creole is a language that:

A. is acquired after a first language.
B. is a communication system invented by people thrown together without a common language. It typically draws lexical items from one or more of the contact languages, and may develop its own primitive syntax.
C. is learned by children born into a community in which a pidgin language is used as a common means of communication. The children add to the language and develop syntax complexities.
D. is developed by children who were taken from environment and placed in another before their first language syntax was complete.