Klima, Edward S. <br/><br/>
The signs of language / 
Edward S. Klima, Ursula Bellugi. 
 - 417 p. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  The Two Faces of Sign --  Iconicity in Signs and Signing --  Properties of Symbols in a Silent Language --  Historical Change: From Iconic to Arbitrary --  The Structure of the Sign --  Remembering without Words: Manual Memory --  Slips of the Hands --  A Comparison of Chinese and American Signs --  A Feature Analysis of Handshapes --  The Rate of Speaking and Signing --  Grammatical Processes --  On the Creation of New Lexical Items by Compounding --  Linguistic Expression of Category Levels --  Aspectual Modulations on Adjectival Predicates --  The Structured Use of Space and Movement: Morphological Processes --  The Heightened Use of Language --  Wit and Plays on Signs --  Poetry and Song in a Language without Sound --  Notation --  Conventions Employed in Illustrations.  Part I.  1.  2.  3.  Part II.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  Part III.  9.  10.  11.  12.  Part IV.  13.  14.  Appendix A.  Appendix B. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0674807960 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sign language.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>419