Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and their Language - Softcover

Kyle, Jim G.; Woll, Bencie; Pullen, G.; Maddix, F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521357179 ISBN 13: 9780521357173

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, particularly among a community of the deaf in Britain. The authors' goal is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists, and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves--a language of movement and space, of the hands and the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story-telling. Early chapters discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children. The book's core examines the linguistic and psychological study of British Sign Language and compares and contrasts it with other signed languages. The book concludes with an examination of the applications of sign language research, particularly to education.

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From the Back Cover

This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, and particularly of the deaf community in Britain. The authors' principle aim is to inform educators, psychologist, linguists and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521357179
• ISBN 13: 9780521357173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328