Relations of language and thought : the view from sign language and deaf children / Marc Marschark [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marschark, Marc, author.

Series:

Counterpoints (Oxford University Press)

Oxford scholarship online.

Counterpoints

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf children--Means of communication.

Deaf children.

Deaf children--Language.

Sign language.

Cognition in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773671-8

1-280-52836-2

0-19-535654-3

1-4294-1524-X

OCLC:

476011484