TY  - BOOK
AU  - Orie,Olanike Ola
TI  - Acquisition Reversal: The Effects of Postlingual Deafness in Yoruba 
T2  - Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ,
SN  - 9781614510437
AV  - RF293.4 .O75 2012
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton, 
KW  - Postlingual deafness
KW  - Patients
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Yoruba language
KW  - Phonology
KW  - Spracherwerb
KW  - Taubheit
KW  - Yoruba
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Deaf Communities
KW  - Language Acquisition
KW  - Language Attrition
KW  - Sign Languages
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1. Postlingual Deafness --; Chapter 2. The Yoruba: the people and their language --; Chapter 3. Deafness, Societal Attitude, and Language Adaptation --; Chapter 4. Yoruba Sign Language: A Basic Description --; Chapter 5. Postlingual Deafness at Age 5: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years --; Chapter 6. Postlingual Deafness at Age 8: Patterns of Loss after 25 Years --; Chapter 7. The Connection of Postlingual Deafness Language Loss to Acquisition --; Chapter 8. Summary, Suggestions for Rehabilitation and Further Research --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - This 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614510451
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781614510451
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781614510451/original
ER  -