Talking Hands What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind

Name: Talking Hands What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind
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ISBN: 9780743247139

ISBN-10: 0743247132

ISBN-13: 9780743247139

Edition: N/A

Authors: Margalit Fox

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Imagine a village where everyone "speaks" sign language. Just such a village -- an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness -- is at the heart ofTalking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind.There, an indigenous sign language has sprung up, used by deaf and hearing villagers alike. It is a language no outsider has been able to decode, until now. ANew York Timesreporter trained as a linguist, Margalit Fox is the only Western journalist to have set foot in this remarkable village. InTalking Hands,she follows an international team of scientists that is unraveling this mysterious language. Because the sign language of the village has arisen…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 8/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



In the Village of the Deaf



"What Is This Wonderful Language?"



The Road to Al-Sayyid



The Sign-Language Instinct



Starry Night



The Atoms of Sign



The House of Blue Roses



Everyone Here Speaks Sign Language



Hyssop



The Web of Words



The House Built from the Second Story Down



Grammar in Midair



Hassan's House



A Sign in Mind



The House of Twenty Children



The Signing Brain



In a Wet Place


Afterword: It Takes a Village


A Note on Sources


References


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index