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100 1 $aRymer, Russ.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92108608
245 10 $aGenie :$ba scientific tragedy /$cRuss Rymer.
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520 $aWhen a young girl and her nearly blind mother wandered into a welfare office in Los Angeles in November 1970, it marked the end of thirteen years of terrible abuse. "Protected" by her deranged father, the girl, Genie, had spent her entire childhood strapped to a chair in the back bedroom of a virtually silent suburban house. She was small and withered, with a shuffling walk, she showed no perception of heat and cold, and she could barely speak.
520 8 $aHer emergence into the world created great excitement among scientists of all descriptions, but especially linguists. Here was an opportunity to study a child who had grown up without language or any form of social training. She was an unusual and special gift, for she might provide answers to their unresolved questions about how the human brain acquires language.
520 8 $aAs Genie began her life over with the rudiments - how to walk, how to chew, how to talk - her experience gave eloquent answer to those questions, and to a deeper mystery: what it means to be human.
520 8 $aThe scientists working with Genie were unprepared for the profound effect she would have on their lives; she captivated all she encountered with her charming, compelling presence. They became her friends, companions, and family, showering her with attention, culture, and affection, until ambition, jealousy, and misunderstandings obstructed Genie's progress and led to her eventual disappearance.
520 8 $aSkillfully weaving the tale of Genie's hesitant progress toward adulthood with the bitter ethical debates over her treatment, Russ Rymer presents a deeply moving case study and explores complex linguistic theories in an accessible and entertaining nauative. Genie's story is illuminating and ultimately tragic. It is all the more extraordinary for being true.
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