Factors influencing simultaneously acquiring a spoken and a signed language

What is it about?

In this commentary we address some of the internal and external factors which are generally found to interact with purely linguistic factors in the languages of bimodal children, and which we think should be taken into account while analysing the bimodal data.

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Why is it important?

Open access commentary (whole issue) on Bimodal Acquisition gives insights into language acquisition process of deaf and hearing children of deaf parents, raised with a spoken and sign language. Supports bilingual education and raising of deaf children, instead of oral (spoken language only) with or without cochlear implant(s).