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Deaf Children Invent Language

Posted by michael on from the your-kid-wants-steak dept.

gmuslera writes "According to this story, Nicaraguan deaf kids, without knowing any existing sign language, invented their own language on their own, and it keeps evolving. Is this going in the same way as Varley's The Persistence of Vision?"

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  1. Going the same way as The Persisence of Vision? by caitsith01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From the synopsis:

    'The US is in yet another serious "non-depression" and the narrator is out of work again.'

    So... yes.

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  2. Re:DUPE! by Curtman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think you mean:

    Arrrr! Ye scurvey dogs shall walk the plank! Blast this skullduggery!

    Hoorah! National Talk Like A Pirate Day has arrived!

  3. Call me a nut... by Gentlewhisper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But i guess even in nature, information wants to be free...

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