Relations of Language and Thought - The View From Sign Language and Deaf Children

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This volume considers the extent to which the use of sign language affects the course and character of cognitive development. The understanding of the relationship between language and cognition has occupied psychologists and linguists for centuries, and may be enhanced by the study of signing. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Diane Lillo-Martin, Marc Marschark, Marc (Director Marschark, Marc Everhart Marschark, Patricia Siple
• Assisted by: Diane Lillo-Martin (Editor), Diane C. Lillo-Martin (Editor), Lillo-Martin Diane (Editor), Marc Marschark (Editor), Marc (Director Marschark (Editor), Marschark Marc (Editor), Patricia Siple (Editor), Siple Patricia (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1997
• EAN: 9780195100570
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510057-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Counterpoints; Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language; Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, EDUCATION / Special Education / Physical Disabilities, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Teaching of hearing-impaired students, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Relating to people with hearing disabilities or impairments, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc