Gesture, or visible bodily action that is seen as intimately involved in the activity of speaking,
has long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Written by a leading authority on the subject …

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 …

Does age constrain the outcome of all language acquisition equally regardless of whether
the language is a first or second one? To test this hypothesis, the English grammatical …

What does the sense of hearing contribute to human development? To answer the question,
we must ask what the sense of hearing gives the child. Hearing gives the child the acoustic …

In The Gestural Origin of Language, Sherman Wilcox and David Armstrong use evidence
from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know it today …

A concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its
contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language …

Abstract Language acquisition rarely begins at birth for deaf individuals. The consequences
of linguistic isolation in early childhood have been investigated from two perspectives. One …

This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and
cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application …

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in
the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL) …

There has long been interest in why languages are shaped the way they are, and in the
relationship between sign language and gesture. In sign languages, entity classifiers are …