Description |
1 online resource (xv, 436 pages) : illustrations |
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Communication |
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Communication (Hillsdale, N.J.)
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Contents |
Cover; LANGUAGE, COGNITION AND DEAFNESS; Copyright; Credits; Contents; Preface; 1 PSYCHOLOGY, AUDIOLOGY, AND DEAFNESS; Prevalence of Hearing Impairment; The Cause, Measurement, and Remediation of Hearing Loss; Speech Development; Classification of Communication Disorders; Some Specific Speech Problems; Speech and the Deaf Child; Language Assessment; Deafness as an Ethnic Concept; Summary; Further Reading; 2 THE CULTURAL CONTEXT; Manual Methods of Communication; A Brief History of Sign Language and Oral Education; British Sign Language; The Great Controversy; Some Aspects of the Deaf Culture |
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The Middle-Class InfluenceThe Socioeconomic Status of Deaf People; Marginality and Self-Esteem; Communication and Social Support; Educational Policy and Mainstreaming; Role of Parents in Mainstreaming; Summary; Further Reading; 3 THE LINGUISTIC STATUS OF SIGN LANGUAGE; Approaches to the Study of Language; Early Psychological Approaches to Language; Information Theory; Generative Grammar; Case Grammars; The Nature of American Sign Language; The Acquisition of ASL; ASL in the Linguistic Context; Summary; Further Reading; 4 COGNITIVE FACTORS IN COMMUNICATION; Cognitive Skills and Deafness |
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Semantic OrganizationLinguistic Skills; Higher Cognitive Skills; Experimental Studies of Communication; Cognitive Processes Underlying Communication; Short·Term Memory and Communication Method; Summary; Further Reading; 5 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES; Overall Characteristics of Sign Language; Development of Language in Hearing-Impaired Children; Language Deficiencies and Language Coding; Successive and Spatial Processing; Writing and ASL; Reading; Bilingual Education; Ethnicity and Education; Summary; Further Reading; 6 THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF COMMUNICATION |
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Brain Mechanisms and LanguageLateralization and Deafness; Questions About the Origins of Language; Summary; Further Reading; 7 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROBLEM OF COUNSELING; Causes of Social Maladjustment; Family Counseling and Guidance; A Structure for Mental Health Problems; Language, Personality, and Behavior; Classification of Behavior Problems; The Counselor's Part in the Multidisciplinary Team; Summary; Further Reading; 8 CURRENT TRENDS AND FINAL CONCLUSIONS; Deafness and Short-Term Memory; Reading English and Context; British Sign Language Grammar |
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Polar Features of Sign LanguageNonmanual Features of Sign Language; Acquisition of Sign Language; Screening for Oral Skills; The Educational Controversy Continues; Ethnicity and Paternalism; Summary; Further Reading; References; Glossary of Some Additional Terms; Name Index; Subject Index |
Summary |
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-415) |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Deaf children -- Means of communication.
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Deaf children -- Language.
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Sign language.
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Cognition.
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Deaf -- Means of communication.
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Cognition
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Deafness
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Manual Communication
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Sign Language
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cognition.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Deaf -- Means of communication
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Cognition
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Deaf children -- Language
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Deaf children -- Means of communication
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Sign language
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Doofheid.
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Communicatie.
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Gebarentaal.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Grove, Carl
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ISBN |
9781134933105 |
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113493310X |
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0203782011 |
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9780203782019 |
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9781134933242 |
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113493324X |
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9781134933174 |
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1134933177 |
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