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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/4/0871
• Soggetto topico: Cognition in children; Deaf children - Language; Deaf children - Means of communication; Sign language
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MarscharkMarc
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Relations of language and thought
• ISBN: 1-280-52836-2; 0-19-535654-3; 1-4294-1524-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450571003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Counterpoints (Oxford University Press)