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

By Karen Emmorey

Book information

Publisher
Psychology Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0805833986, 9780805833997, 9780805833980, 9780585390604, 0805833994
LCC
P117 .E46 2002
Open Library ID
OL3946166M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7700005 bytes)
Pages
402\402
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14
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Description

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, and for production, they require the integration of motor systems involving the hands and face. These facts raise many questions: What impact does this different biological base have for grammatical systems? For online language processing? For the acquisition of language? How does it affect nonlinguistic cognitive structures and processing? Are the same neural systems involved? These are some of the questions that this book aims at addressing. The answers provide insight into what constrains grammatical form, language processing, linguistic working memory, and hemispheric specialization for language. The study of signed languages allows researchers to address questions about the nature of linguistic and cognitive systems that otherwise could not be easily addressed.

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