New Nicaraguan sign language shows how language affects thought | Not Exactly Rocket Sc... - 2 views
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In the 1970s, a group of deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language.
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It was the first time that deaf people from all over the country could gather in large numbers and through their interactions – in the schoolyard and the bus – Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) spontaneously came into being.
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NSL is not a direct translation of Spanish – it is a language in its own right, complete with its own grammar and vocabulary.
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