| Description |
viii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. In the village of the deaf -- 2. "What is this wonderful language?" -- 3. The road to Al-Sayyid -- 4. Th sign-language instinct -- 5. Starry night -- 6. The atoms of sign -- 7. The house of blue roses -- 8. Everyone here speaks sign language -- 9. Hyssop -- 10. The web of words -- 11. The house built from the second story down -- 12. Grammar in midair -- 13. Hassan's house -- 14. A sign in mind -- 15. The house of twenty children -- 16. The signing brain -- 17. In a wet place -- Afterword : It takes a village -- A note on sources -- References -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
Sign language -- Psychological aspects.
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Psycholinguistics.
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| ISBN |
9780743247122 |
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0743247124 |
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