Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication

Establishing the inseparability of grammar and gesture, this book explains what determines when, how, and why we gesture.

This is the first British textbook dealing solely with sign linguistics.

This is the first British textbook dealing solely with sign linguistics.

Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims?

Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims?

Presents a ''process relation framework'' to explain the more complex, previously unaccounted for cases of non-finiteness in clause structure.

Presents a ''process relation framework'' to explain the more complex, previously unaccounted for cases of non-finiteness in clause structure.

This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching.

This timely text offers a how-to guide for analyzing gesture and multimodality in second language learning and teaching.

Questions About Language sets out to answer, in a readable yet insightful format, a series of vital questions about language, some of which language specialists are regularly asked, and some of which are so surprising that only the specialists think about them.

Questions About Language sets out to answer, in a readable yet insightful format, a series of vital questions about language, some of which language specialists are regularly asked, and some of which are so surprising that only the specialists think about them.

An insightful study of how a savant with severe disabilities but a remarkable linguistic talent has learnt British Sign Language.

An insightful study of how a savant with severe disabilities but a remarkable linguistic talent has learnt British Sign Language.

This thematic and geographic overview examines more than forty sign languages from around the world.

This thematic and geographic overview examines more than forty sign languages from around the world.

A study of religious silence and sign language in an early medieval abbey.

The first comprehensive introduction to Auslan, exploring key aspects of its structure and use.

Explores similarities and differences between spoken and signed languages, challenging notions of what constitutes ''language''.

Language from the Body deals with iconicity and metaphor in American sign language.

The first popular examination of language on the Internet by a leading authority.

Signed languages are the visual-gestural languages of deaf communities.

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field.

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field.

One of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who want to introduce signing in hearing children's language development.