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

A. develop individually idiosyncratic signing; theory of language being genetic
B. develop American Sign Language spontaneously; genetic sign language
C. develop their own sign language; language acquisition device
D. are unable to learn any sign language; critical period in language acquisition


Answer: C

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