When we considered the process of language acquisition, we concentrated on the fact that what is naturally acquired by most children is speech. Yet this is not the only way that a first language can be acquired. Just as most children of English-speaking or Spanish- speaking parents naturally acquire English or Spanish at a very early age, so the deaf children of deaf parents naturally acquire sign (or sign language).
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