Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication

A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity.

This book focuses on two means of recruiting sign language to support DHH students in mainstream education in Asia.

Teach your baby how to communicate without words.

Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people.

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities.

The use of sign language has a long history.

More the 1.

This volume is the long-awaited revision of the only textbook on primary language instruction written with classroom teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children (TODs) in mind.

This volume is the long-awaited revision of the only textbook on primary language instruction written with classroom teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children (TODs) in mind.

The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy brings together state-of-the-art research on literacy learning among deaf and hard of hearing learners (DHH).

The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy brings together state-of-the-art research on literacy learning among deaf and hard of hearing learners (DHH).

The relationship of language to cognition, especially in development, is an issue that has occupied philosophers, psychologists, and linguists for centuries.

How many languages are there?

Communication is essential for all forms of social interaction, from parental care to mate choice and cooperation.

Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has lagged behind that of monolinguals.

In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published.

In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published.

This book looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language then evolved.

Historically, research on spoken language testing dates back to the late 1920s with the majority of work starting around the time of World War II.

Historically, research on spoken language testing dates back to the late 1920s with the majority of work starting around the time of World War II.

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities.

The use of sign language has a long history.

More the 1.

Language development, and the challenges it can present for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, have long been a focus of research, theory, and practice in D/deaf studies and deaf education.

Language development, and the challenges it can present for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, have long been a focus of research, theory, and practice in D/deaf studies and deaf education.