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Deaf Children Invent Own Sign Language To Communicate
The researchers have found that deaf children invent their own way of communication with help of hand signs and homemade language-like gesture system.
"Other studies on this 'homesigning' have usually stopped at the point the children go to school, but I have been able to follow children in Nicaragua who are not near a special education school and accordingly continue developing their homesigns independently," said Marie Coppola, a Research Associate at the University of Chicago.
The study showes that signs made at home might contribute to new sign language.
"Since 1996, I have been working with deaf adolescents and adults in Nicaragua who have not learned Nicaraguan Sign Language, but who have invented their own sign languages that they use with their families, friends and neighbours," she said.
"I have learned that these small languages have many characteristics of languages that are signed and spoken around the world," she added.
Coppola observed Nicaraguans using gestures frequently when they spoke, and noticed many a sign, such as those used to describe eating, were consistent in their form.
Deaf children were able to pick up on these gestures and their meanings, as well as invent others to communicate, she said.
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