Birth of a new language
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The Critical Period for Learning a New Language
Linguists debate whether language is part of the human endowment like vision or puberty that will eventually happen. Judy Shepard Kegel still in touch with students who first developed what's now internationally recognized as Nicaraguan Sign Language. Along with her husband, she continues to support schools for the deaf in Nicaragua.
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