LEADER 03892nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910462983103321 005 20211030000729.0 010 $a1-283-85678-6 010 $a1-61451-045-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781614510451 035 $a(CKB)2670000000308867 035 $a(EBL)893606 035 $a(OCoLC)821198758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000912272 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454921 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000912272 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11022307 035 $a(PQKB)10403512 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC893606 035 $a(DE-B1597)174135 035 $a(OCoLC)853235961 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781614510451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL893606 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10634496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416928 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000308867 100 $a20120704d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAcquisition reversal$b[electronic resource] $ethe effects of postlingual deafness in Yoruba /$fby Olanike Ola Orie 210 $aBerlin ;$aBoston $cDe Gruyter$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 0 $aStudies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ;$v47 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-61451-043-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1. Postlingual Deafness --$tChapter 2. The Yoruba: the people and their language --$tChapter 3. Deafness, Societal Attitude, and Language Adaptation --$tChapter 4. Yoruba Sign Language: A Basic Description --$tChapter 5. Postlingual Deafness at Age 5: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years --$tChapter 6. Postlingual Deafness at Age 8: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years --$tChapter 7. The Connection of Postlingual Deafness Language Loss to Acquisition --$tChapter 8. Summary, Suggestions for Rehabilitation and Further Research --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThis is the first comprehensive account of prolonged hearing loss and its impact on a language that was once spoken fluently. Although it is currently assumed that hearing loss results in speech deterioration, it is shown that language loss occurs when speakers remain deaf for a long time. The reader is introduced to a significant deaf population - postlingually deafened Yoruba speakers who have been deaf for more than twenty years and who have no access to hearing aids or speech therapy. After becoming deaf, they continue to speak Yoruba from memory and "hear" visually through lip reading. These speakers exhibit phonological, lexical and syntactic losses which mirror acquisition patterns attested in the speech of Yoruba children. Based on these similarities, it is argued that a direct link exists between language loss and first language acquisition. It is further argued that prolonged deafness results in language reversal. Finally, the book presents the first description of the sign language and gestures used by deafened speakers to augment their spoken language. These findings will be of value to linguists, speech, language and hearing therapists, anthropologists, Africanists, deaf studies researchers, and non-specialists who are interested in hearing health and wellness. 410 0$aStudies on language acquisition ;$v47. 606 $aPostlingual deafness$xPatients$xRehabilitation$zNigeria 606 $aYoruba language$xPhonology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPostlingual deafness$xPatients$xRehabilitation 615 0$aYoruba language$xPhonology. 676 $a401.93 700 $aOrie$b O?lanike?-O?la$01040346 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462983103321 996 $aAcquisition reversal$92463111 997 $aUNINA