Language, Cognition, and the Brain: Insights From Sign Language Research

by Karen Emmorey

Book Overview

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human language and language processing, the relation between cognition and language, and the neural organization of language. The value of sign languages lies in their modality. Specifically, for perception, signed languages depend upon high-level vision and motion processing systems,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805833994
• ISBN13: 9780805833997
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"