Studies of congenitally deaf children who had never been exposed to any formal sign language demonstrated that the children
A)learned only a small number of "homesigns," and did so by modelling their parents.
B)invented only a small number of "homesigns" to communicate just their basic needs.
C)spontaneously imposed a rudimentary grammar using their "home signs."
D)combined their "home signs" in a structure similar to that of their parents' spoken language.

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Congenitally deaf children who have not been exposed to formal sign language often create their own system of "homesigns" and spontaneously impose a rudimentary grammar on these signs, demonstrating an innate ability to develop language structures.

Studies of Congenitally Deaf Children Who Had Never Been Exposed