Multilingual Aspects of Signed Language Communication and Disorder

This book brings together work on communication disorders of child and adult users of signed languages. The chapters investigate linguistic impairments caused by deficits in visual processing and motor movements, as well as neurological decline. It also contains suggestions about how signed languages might guard against communication disorder.

About the author

David Quinto-Pozos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research focuses on signed language, communication disorder, language acquisition and the interaction between language and gesture in the signed modality.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Quinto-Pozos (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.02.2014
• EAN: 9781783091294
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-129-4
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 433 g
• Series: Communication Disorders Across; Communication Disorders Across Languages
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies