What is it about?
This study compares how well Spanish-English adolescents with hearing loss are able to use refusals in both of their languages and what strategies they used when making refusals.
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Why is it important?
The pragmatic abilities of both groups appeared higher in English than in Spanish, but it cannot be concluded that adolescents with hearing loss lack pragmatic abilities in either language.
Perspectives
Bilingual adolescents with hearing loss are able to use their pragmatic abilities in both languages but demonstrate reduced skills when compared to their typically hearing counterparts, particularly in Spanish.
Alliete Alfano
Florida International University
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This page is a summary of: Refusal Strategies among Spanish-English Bilinguals: Comparing Adolescents with Hearing Loss to Adolescents with Typical Hearing, Heritage Language Journal, February 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15507076-12340021.
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