Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and their Language | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jim G. Kyle, Bencie Woll, G. Pullen, F. Maddix
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 3197314
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 326
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0521260752
Dewey Decimal Number: 419
EAN: 9780521260756
ASIN: 0521260752
Publication Date: June 30, 1985
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Product Description
This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, particularly among a community of the deaf in Britain. The authors' goal is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists, and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves--a language of movement and space, of the hands and the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story-telling. Early chapters discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children. The book's core examines the linguistic and psychological study of British Sign Language and compares and contrasts it with other signed languages. The book concludes with an examination of the applications of sign language research, particularly to education.
Book Description
Designed to inform educators, psychologists, linguists, and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves. Provides a broad framework on which researchers and professionals who work with the deaf can build.
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