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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
Talking Hands What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
Author: Margalit Fox
Imagine a village where everyone "speaks" sign language. Just such a village -- an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness -- is at the heart of Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind. There, an indigenous sign language has sprung up, used by deaf and hearing villagers alike. It is a ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743247139
ISBN-10: 0743247132
Publication Date: 8/5/2008
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I learned a lot about language, both sign and spoken, by reading this book. I especially found the chapter on the brain very interesting as linguists learn how signers perceive signs as language and not just movements through space.


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