Talk:Nicaraguan Sign Language
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"Within just a few generations, a mature language with rules and grammar was born."
How many generations have there been since 1979? (unsigned comment by anon user 213.176.145.123, 21:04, 5 July 2005 (UTC)
- My understanding is that the term 'generations' here can be understood to mean much shorter periods of time than is usually meant by generations as parent-child age difference. Nicaraguan Sign Language, like other deaf sign languages, is not primarily passed from parent to child, but learned by children at school from other children. What has been observed in NSL is that children only a year or two behind an older group are further developing the language and adding to it's complexity etc. -- ntennis 6 July 2005 03:02 (UTC)
"...in the 1970s..."
Surely the 1980s? The Sandinistas didn't come to power until halfway through 1979. Townmouse 7 July 2005 22:15 (UTC)
- yes you are right. I corrected the first paragraph: the school actually opened in 1977, but some of the kids had known each other for a few years prior to that, so "in the 1970s" may be correct. ntennis 05:36, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
