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  • 9 - Home Signs as a Window on Language Creation

  • from Part II - The Acquisition of Syntax
  • Edited by Dany Adone, Universität zu Köln, Astrid Gabel, Universität zu Köln
  • Book:
    The Evolution, Acquisition and Development of Syntax
    Published online:
    19 February 2025
    Print publication:
    06 February 2025, pp 154-169

  • Summary

    Adone’s chapter focuses on home signs, bringing to light the acquisition process against a background of ‘normless’ language environment (Bakker, this volume) and in the absence of exposure to a ‘conventional language model’ (Adone 2005). She thus discusses what absence of exposure means when looking at children home signers. In comparison to previous work, Adone shows that the absence of a conventional language model does not mean complete absence of input. She argues that children ‘scan’ their environment for input and use every bit of language-related information as input. Adone further argues that the verb chains in child home signers’ initial grammars develop into adult-like serial verb constructions. This development can be interpreted as evidence for the view that children exploit input to the best of their ability to ‘create language’.