Language, cognition, and the brain : insights from sign language research /
Emmorey, Karen,
Language, cognition, and the brain : insights from sign language research / Karen Emmorey. - xvii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-362) and index.
Introduction -- The Structure of American Sign Language: Linguistic Universals and Modality Effects -- The Confluence of Language and Space -- Psycholinguistic Studies of Sign Perception, Online Processing, and Production -- Sign Language Acquisition -- The Critical Period Hypothesis and the Effects of Late Language Acquisition -- Memory for Sign Language: Implications for the Structure of Working Memory -- The Impact of Sign Language Use on Visuospatial Cognition -- Sign Language and the Brain -- Handshapes in American Sign Language -- Linguistic Distinctions Among Communication Forms in Nicaragua. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. App. A. App. B.
0805833986 9780805833980 0805833994 9780805833997
2001031551
Sign language.
Language acquisition.
Biolinguistics
P117 / .E46 2002
419
Language, cognition, and the brain : insights from sign language research / Karen Emmorey. - xvii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-362) and index.
Introduction -- The Structure of American Sign Language: Linguistic Universals and Modality Effects -- The Confluence of Language and Space -- Psycholinguistic Studies of Sign Perception, Online Processing, and Production -- Sign Language Acquisition -- The Critical Period Hypothesis and the Effects of Late Language Acquisition -- Memory for Sign Language: Implications for the Structure of Working Memory -- The Impact of Sign Language Use on Visuospatial Cognition -- Sign Language and the Brain -- Handshapes in American Sign Language -- Linguistic Distinctions Among Communication Forms in Nicaragua. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. App. A. App. B.
0805833986 9780805833980 0805833994 9780805833997
2001031551
Sign language.
Language acquisition.
Biolinguistics
P117 / .E46 2002
419