The Resilience of Language: What Gesture Creation in Deaf Children Can Tell Us About How All Children Learn Language

By Susan Goldin-Meadow

Book Overview

Imagine a child who has never seen or heard any language at all. Would such a child be able to invent a language on her own? Despite what one might guess, the children described in this book make it clear that the answer to this question is 'yes'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841694363
• ISBN13: 9781841694368
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"