Signs of Language - Hardcover

Klima, Edward S.; Bellugi, Ursula

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674807952 ISBN 13: 9780674807952

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1979

Inhaltsangabe

In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode--a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.

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An excellent book...It can be recommended not only to the specialist, but to readers with no previous knowledge of sign language.--Peyton Todd "Journal of Communication "

Reseña del editor

In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode--a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0674807952
• ISBN 13: 9780674807952
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar