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Contradictions and Unanswered Questions in the Genie Case: A Fresh Look at the Linguistic Evidence

Presents a critical review of the published accounts of the "Genie Case," involving psycholinguistic research conducted by Susan Curtiss and others in the 1970s with an adolescent with extremely limited language ability. The review maintains that serious discrepancies still remain in the accounts of the subject's language abilities. (21 references) (MDM)

Article, 1995