Description: Further DetailsTitle: Acquisition ReversalCondition: NewSubtitle: The Effects of Postlingual Deafness in YorubaISBN-10: 1614510431EAN: 9781614510437ISBN: 9781614510437Publisher: De Gruyter MoutonFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/14/2012Description: This is the first comprehensive account of prolonged hearing loss and its impact on a language that was once spoken fluently. Although it is currently assumed that hearing loss results in speech deterioration, it is shown that language loss occurs when speakers remain deaf for a long time. The reader is introduced to a significant deaf population — postlingually deafened Yoruba speakers who have been deaf for more than twenty years and who have no access to hearing aids or speech therapy. After becoming deaf, they continue to speak Yoruba from memory and “hear” visually through lip reading. These speakers exhibit phonological, lexical and syntactic losses which mirror acquisition patterns attested in the speech of Yoruba children. Based on these similarities, it is argued that a direct link exists between language loss and first language acquisition. It is further argued that prolonged deafness results in language reversal. Finally, the book presents the first description of the sign language and gestures used by deafened speakers to augment their spoken language. These findings will be of value to linguists, speech, language and hearing therapists, anthropologists, Africanists, deaf studies researchers, and non-specialists who are interested in hearing health and wellness.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 562gAuthor: Olanike Ola OrieGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Acquisition Reversal
Title: Acquisition Reversal
Subtitle: The Effects of Postlingual Deafness in Yoruba
ISBN-10: 1614510431
EAN: 9781614510437
ISBN: 9781614510437
Release Date: 09/14/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 230mm
Genre: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 292 Pages
Publication Name: Acquisition Reversal : the Effects of Postlingual Deafness in Yoruba
Language: English
Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc.
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: African Languages (See Also Swahili), Audiology & Speech Pathology, People with Disabilities, General, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Medical
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Olanike Ola Orie
Series: Studies on Language Acquisition [Sola] Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
