Relations of Language and Thought

The View from Sign Language and Deaf Children
Herausgeber: Marschark, Marc; Lillo-Martin, Diane C.; Siple, Patricia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, the scientific study of signed languages and deaf individuals has greatly enhanced our understanding of deafness, language, and cognition. This volume considers the extent to which the use of sign language might affect the course and character of cognitive development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9780195100570
• ISBN-10: 0195100573
• Artikelnr.: 21443360

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1. Relations of Language and Thought: Where Do Deaf Children
Lead Us?
* Chapter 2. Universals. Generalizability and the Acquisition of Signed
Language
* Chapter 3. The Modular Effects of Sign Language Acquisition
* Chapter 4. Read the Lips: Speculations on the Nature and Role of
Lipreading in Cognitive and Academic Development of Deaf Chidren
* Commentary
* Chapter 5. Making Faces: Coextant Domains for Language and Visual
Cognition
* Chapter 6. In Support of the Language Acquisition Device
* Chapter 7. Modules and the Informational Encapsulation of Language
Processes
* Chapter 8. Models, Modules, and Modality