Language of Light - A History of Silent Voices

Informationen zum Autor Gerald Shea practiced corporate and international law for many years as a member of the New York and Paris bars. He is author of Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway Through Life , a prize-winning memoir of his life with partial deafness. He divides his time between Paris and the North Shore of Massachusetts. Klappentext A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue Zusammenfassung A comprehensive history of deafness! signed languages! and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Shea, Shea Gerald
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780300215434
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21543-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, Social and cultural history, Historical and comparative linguistics, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication