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Simply unique : what the Nicaraguan Deaf community can teach the world / editors: Ann Senghas, D́ésirée Román, Sunanda Mavillapalli.
LIBRA HV2608 .S56 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nicaraguan Sign Language.
- Deaf people--Nicaragua--History--20th century.
- Deaf people.
- Deaf people--Nicaragua--Social conditions.
- Deaf people--Social conditions.
- Nicaragua.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 52 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Leonard Cheshire International, ©2006.
- Contents:
- History of education for Deaf children in Nicaragua and the formation of the Deaf Association / Laura Polich.
- What is Nicaraguan Sign Language? / Judy Shepard-Kegl.
- Where did Nicaraguan Sign Language come from? / Ann Senghas.
- How language opens a window into the minds of others / Jennie Pyers.
- Deafness and literacy in Nicaragua / Richard J. Senghas.
- Seeds of language: child and adult homesign systems in Nicaragua / Marie Coppola.
- Deaf teachers have a critical role in effective teaching of deaf children / James Shepard-Kegl.
- ISBN:
- 9780955161322
- 0955161320
- OCLC:
- 77547546
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