Relations of Language and Thought : the View from Sign Language and Deaf Children.

Relations of Language and Thought : the View from Sign Language and Deaf Children.

This volume considers the extent to which the use of sign language affects the course and character of cognitive development. The understanding of the relationship between language and cognition has occupied psychologists and linguists for centuries, and may be enhanced by the study of signing.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marschark, Marc
Other Authors: Siple, Patricia, Lillo-Martin, Diane C. (Diane Carolyn), 1959-, Campbell, Ruth, 1944-, Everhart, Victoria S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Counterpoints (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:
Cognition in children.
Deaf children > Language.
Deaf children > Means of communication.
Sign language.
Cognition in children
Deaf children > Language
Deaf children > Means of communication
Sign language
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; 1. Relations of Language and Cognition: What Do Deaf Children Tell Us?; 2. Universals, Generalizability, and the Acquisition of Signed Language; 3. The Modular Effects of Sign Language Acquisition; 4. Read the Lips: Speculations on the Nature and Role of Lipreading in Cognitive Development of Deaf Children; 5. Making Faces: Coextant Domains for Language and Visual Cognition; 6. In Support of the Language Acquisition Device; 7. Modules and the Informational Encapsulation of Language Processes; 8. Models, Modules, and Modality; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L.
  • MN; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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