Abstract
Language acquisition in the bodily-tactile modality is difficult to understand, describe, and support. This chapter advocates a reinterpretation of the gestural and idiosyncratic bodily-tactile communication of people with congenital deafblindness (CDB) in terms of early language acquisition towards Tactile Sign Language (TSL). The access to participation in complex TSL culture is crucial for language acquisition. We already know how to transfer the patterns of social interaction into the bodily-tactile modality. This is the fundation on which to build actual linguistic participation. TSL as a first language is presently a theoretic possibility. We need more research on how to accommodate TSL to language Development and on how to fit TSL into participation in complex cultural activities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Kropslig og Taktil Sprogudvikling |
| Editors | Jesper Dammeyer, Anja Nielsen |
| Place of Publication | Aalborg |
| Publisher | Materialecentret |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 91-119 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-87-92574-22-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |