Regarding gestures and American Sign Language (ASL), which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Gestures help us string words together.
b. Gestures are believed by some psychologists to be the forerunner of speech, that is, speech evolved from gestures.
c. Different brain areas become active when a person speaks than when they sign.
d. ASL has a spatial grammar, syntax, and semantics.
C
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