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Language, cognition, and the brain : insights from sign language research / Karen Emmorey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xvii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805833986
  • 9780805833980
  • 0805833994
  • 9780805833997
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 419 21
LOC classification:
  • P117 .E46 2002
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Structure of American Sign Language: Linguistic Universals and Modality Effects -- 3. The Confluence of Language and Space -- 4. Psycholinguistic Studies of Sign Perception, Online Processing, and Production -- 5. Sign Language Acquisition -- 6. The Critical Period Hypothesis and the Effects of Late Language Acquisition -- 7. Memory for Sign Language: Implications for the Structure of Working Memory -- 8. The Impact of Sign Language Use on Visuospatial Cognition -- 9. Sign Language and the Brain -- App. A. Handshapes in American Sign Language -- App. B. Linguistic Distinctions Among Communication Forms in Nicaragua.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-362) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Structure of American Sign Language: Linguistic Universals and Modality Effects -- 3. The Confluence of Language and Space -- 4. Psycholinguistic Studies of Sign Perception, Online Processing, and Production -- 5. Sign Language Acquisition -- 6. The Critical Period Hypothesis and the Effects of Late Language Acquisition -- 7. Memory for Sign Language: Implications for the Structure of Working Memory -- 8. The Impact of Sign Language Use on Visuospatial Cognition -- 9. Sign Language and the Brain -- App. A. Handshapes in American Sign Language -- App. B. Linguistic Distinctions Among Communication Forms in Nicaragua.

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