THE SIGNS OF LANGUAGE

Edward Klima & Ursula Bellugi

ISBN 10: 0674807952 / ISBN 13: 9780674807952

Published by Harvard University Press, New York, 1980

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Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Few open tears. Stain on bottom of rear panel. ; 9.1 X 6.5 X 1.3 inches; 432 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SIGNS OF LANGUAGE
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674807952
• ISBN 13: 9780674807952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Third Printing.
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Synopsis

In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode--a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.

Review

An excellent book...It can be recommended not only to the specialist, but to readers with no previous knowledge of sign language.--Peyton Todd "Journal of Communication "