%0 Journal Article %1 Morgan2002 %A Morgan, Gary %A Smith, Neil %A Tsimpli, Ianthi %A Woll, Benice %D 2002 %J Journal of Linguistics %K Lengua Multiling{\"{u}}ismo de signos %T Language against the odds: the learning of British Sign Language by a polyglot savant %U http://www.journals.cup.org/owa\_dba/owa/ISSUES\_IN\_JOURNAL?JID=LIN %V 38 %X In this paper we report on our attempt to teach the polyglot savant Christopher (‘C’ hereinafter) British Sign Language (BSL). BSL presents C with a novel challenge in the use of hand-eye coordination, while at the same time offering him the linguistic ingredients he is obsessed with. Despite his deficits in key areas of intellectual ability, communication skills and visuo-spatial cognition, C has developed a working knowledge of BSL through processes of circumvention, adaptation and invention. As a form of control, we taught BSL to a comparator group of talented second-language learners. We do not discuss this comparison in depth here (see Morgan et al. in preparation) but refer to some of the test scores as a guide to how normal a sign learner C is. %Z Language: eng

@article{Morgan2002, abstract = {In this paper we report on our attempt to teach the polyglot savant Christopher (‘C’ hereinafter) British Sign Language (BSL). BSL presents C with a novel challenge in the use of hand-eye coordination, while at the same time offering him the linguistic ingredients he is obsessed with. Despite his deficits in key areas of intellectual ability, communication skills and visuo-spatial cognition, C has developed a working knowledge of BSL through processes of circumvention, adaptation and invention. As a form of control, we taught BSL to a comparator group of talented second-language learners. We do not discuss this comparison in depth here (see Morgan et al. in preparation) but refer to some of the test scores as a guide to how normal a sign learner C is.}, added-at = {2015-12-01T11:35:13.000+0100}, annote = {Language: eng}, author = {Morgan, Gary and Smith, Neil and Tsimpli, Ianthi and Woll, Benice}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28addb2d96bbd02087c1d29ae0347e678/sofiagruiz92}, interhash = {478d9d04659bc8a9848d779367fe43e6}, intrahash = {8addb2d96bbd02087c1d29ae0347e678}, journal = {Journal of Linguistics}, keywords = {Lengua Multiling{\"{u}}ismo de signos}, language = {eng}, timestamp = {2015-12-01T11:35:13.000+0100}, title = {{Language against the odds: the learning of British Sign Language by a polyglot savant}}, url = {http://www.journals.cup.org/owa{\_}dba/owa/ISSUES{\_}IN{\_}JOURNAL?JID=LIN}, volume = 38, year = 2002 }