Sign Language and Linguistic Universals

Type

Book

Authors

Wendy Sandler

Diane Lillo-Martin

ISBN 10

0521483956

ISBN 13

9780521483957

Tags

Linguistics, Sign Language

Description

Sign languages are of great interest to linguists because, while they are produced by the same brain, their physical transmission differs greatly from that of spoken languages. Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin compare spoken languages with those that are signed, in order to seek universal properties of human languages. No prior background in sign language linguistics is assumed, and numerous pictures are provided to make descriptions accessible to readers. - from Amzon

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