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Original Signs: Gesture, Sign, and the Sources of Language - Hardcover

Armstrong, David F.

 
9781563680755: Original Signs: Gesture, Sign, and the Sources of Language
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1563680750 ISBN 13: 9781563680755
Verlag: Gallaudet University Press,U.S., 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Since Darwin's time, the majority of evolutionary linguists have theorized that language defines human beings and that speech defines language. In Original Signs, David Armstrong disputes the latter concept by showing that language has evolved in many different ways through many different paths, not just speech. The present evidence rests in the known fact that when deaf people sign, they are using a well-formed human language.
Armstrong addresses in turn the various thoughts on language development put forth by the major theorists, including Stephen J. Gould, Steven Pinker, Noam Chomsky, Terrence Deacon, and others, to finely hone his concept of the varied forms in which language developed.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David F. Armstrong is an associate professor in the School of Management and University Budget Director at Gallaudet University.

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Verlag
Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1563680750
ISBN 13 
9781563680755
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
190
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