Language Acquisition and the Case of Genie

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This eleven page paper is divided into four sections beginning with the background of the case of Genie, a wild child. The second section discusses how the case of Genie contributed to our understanding of language acquisition; the third section discusses what we learned from Genie's case and the last section comments on what would happen if Genie were discovered today. The writer states that what would happen would be a repeat of what happened in 1970. Nine sources are listed on the bibliography page.