Multiple Choice
Petitto (1987) studied language development in deaf individuals and found that:
A) language is a property of the human brain and is separate from functions of hearing and speech.
B) children exposed to sign language from birth learn language in a similar pattern to hearing children.
C) deaf children's use of gesture at the prelinguistic stage does not relate to use of gesture in sign language.
D) All of these statements are true.
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