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This is a unique view of the origins of language, describing what linguistic science would look like if sign language rather than speech was used as the basis for the study of language systems.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong, David F.
Other Authors: Wilcox, Sherman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Perspectives on deafness.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Origin.
Sign language.
Sign Language
Langage et langues > Origines.
Langage par signes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Language and languages > Origin
Sign language
Taalgenese.
Gebaren.
Gebarentaal.
Nichtverbale Kommunikation.
Sprachursprung.
Gebärdensprache.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a unique view of the origins of language, describing what linguistic science would look like if sign language rather than speech was used as the basis for the study of language systems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146) and index.
ISBN:9780198036913
0198036914
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9786611156343
6611156348