LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN YOUNG ORAL DEAF CHILDREN

拟议研究的目标是提供详细的 关于语言习得过程的纵向数据在一个特殊的 人口：学习英语口语的聋哑儿童。四个科目 在与母亲互动的过程中被拍摄下来 早期语言习得期，从12个月到48个月不等。在……里面 在两个案例中，孩子们来自严重失聪的家庭 英语口语，但几乎没有人对此进行过研究 人口。了解这一过程尤为重要 通过它，子级可以访问 英语的习得，以及 母亲们正在适应孩子的听力损失。的作用 母亲和孩子的手势交流，以及它与 口语的习得，是人们特别关注的焦点 工作。此外，这项研究将提供一个重要的 中国失聪儿童英语习得数据库 早年，一个独特的案例出现在患有 极度失聪的母亲。录像带将被编码成 记录母亲和孩子的手势和言语，眼睛的凝视 方向和谈话内容，并输入代码 直接输入电脑。那么手势和言语都将是 对语义、句法和语用形式进行编码，最后在 它们的状态术语，如仿制品、注解或成功/不成功 成功的沟通。预计结果将是 对聋儿父母的建议和在设计 针对这一群体的学前教育课程。

The objectives of the proposed research are to provide detailed longitudinal data on the course of language acquisition in a special population: deaf children learning spoken English. Four subjects have been videotaped in interaction with their mothers during the period of early language acquisition, from 12 to 48 months. In two cases, the children are from profoundly deaf families using spoken English, and virtually no studies have been done with this population. It is particularly important to understand the process by which the children gain access to the primary data for the acquisition of English, and the special provisions made by the mothers in adjusting to their children's hearing loss. The role of gestural communication in mother and child, and how it relates to the acquisition of the spoken language, is the special focus of the work. In addition, the research will provide an important database on the acquisition of English by deaf children in the early years, a unique one in the case of the children with profoundly deaf mothers. The videotapes are to be coded to record the gestures and speech of mother and child, the eye-gaze direction, and the context of conversation, with the codes entered directly into the computer. Then both gestures and speech will be coded for semantic, syntactic and pragmatic forms, and finally in terms of their status as imitations, glosses, or successful/non- successful communications. It is expected that the results will be of value in advising parents of deaf children and in the design of preschool curricula for this population.