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Let's not forget the role of deafness in sign/speech bilingualism*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2015

BENCIE WOLL  and
MAIRÉAD MACSWEENEY
BENCIE WOLL
Affiliation:
ESRC Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), University College London, UK
MAIRÉAD MACSWEENEY*
Affiliation:
ESRC Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), University College London, UK Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
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Address for correspondence: Mairead MacSweeney, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square London WC1N 3AR[email protected]
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Emmorey, Giezen and Gollan (Emmorey, Giezen & Gollan) address the fascinating question of what can be learnt about language, cognition and the brain from the unique group of people who have grown up learning both a signed and a spoken language. The focus of their review is hearing individuals – referred to as hearing bimodal bilinguals. The review presents an excellent overview of research in this field and highlights the unique insights that this population can provide.

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , March 2016 , pp. 253 - 255
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We acknowledge the support of a Wellcome Trust Fellowship to MM (GR075214MA) and a Centre Grant from the Economic and Social Research Council of Great Britain (RES-620-28-6001) to B.W. and M.M.

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