Genie's Inability to Learn Grammar

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Russ Rymer's A Silent Childhood portrays the story of a "feral child" named Genie. With the discovery of feral children, various experts have wondered: Will "feral children" ever be able to fully grasp the grammatical structures of a language? In hope of answering this question, scientists turned the life of Genie into a personal laboratory. Genie, having lived for eleven of her thirteen years in virtual solitary confinement was undertaken by a number of professionals (Rymer, 1992, p. 43). Doctors, psychologists, and neurologists were among many specialists that took Genie under their win



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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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