If deaf children are raised without exposure to sign language, they sometimes ______, and this has been taken as evidence for a ______.

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Deaf children who are not exposed to sign language often create their own sign systems, which supports the theory of a language acquisition device (LAD) proposed by Noam Chomsky. This theory suggests that humans have an innate ability to acquire language.

If Deaf Children Are Raised Without Exposure to Sign Language