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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784749203321

Titolo

Relations of language and thought [[electronic resource] ] : the view from sign language and deaf children / / Marc Marschark ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-773671-8

1-280-52836-2

0-19-535654-3

1-4294-1524-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Counterpoints

Altri autori (Persone)

MarscharkMarc

Disciplina

306.4/4/0871

Soggetti

Cognition in children

Deaf children - Language

Deaf children - Means of communication

Sign language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Relations of Language and Cognition: What Do Deaf Children Tell Us?; 2. Universals, Generalizability, and the Acquisition of Signed Language; 3. The Modular Effects of Sign Language Acquisition; 4. Read the Lips: Speculations on the Nature and Role of Lipreading in Cognitive Development of Deaf Children; 5. Making Faces: Coextant Domains for Language and Visual Cognition; 6. In Support of the Language Acquisition Device; 7. Modules and the Informational Encapsulation of Language Processes; 8. Models, Modules, and Modality; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.