A neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language.
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Sign Languages of the World: a Comparative Handbook
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Sign languages of the world: a comparative handbook
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Type: Book
Applied linguistics is the best single label to represent a wide range of contemporary research at the intersection of linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, to name a few. The Handbook of Japanese Applied Linguistics reflects crosscurrents in applied linguistics,…
Biographical note: Markus Steinbach, University of Goettingen, Germany; Roland Pfau, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Bencie Woll, University College London, Great Britain.
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The metaphors and images us…