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Author Rodda, Michael

Title Language, cognition, and deafness / Michael Rodda, Carl Grove
Published Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 436 pages) : illustrations
Series Communication
Communication (Hillsdale, N.J.)
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
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
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
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
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.
Deaf children -- Language.
Sign language.
Cognition.
Deaf -- Means of communication.
Cognition
Deafness
Manual Communication
Sign Language
cognition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Deaf -- Means of communication
Cognition
Deaf children -- Language
Deaf children -- Means of communication
Sign language
Doofheid.
Communicatie.
Gebarentaal.
Form Electronic book
Author Grove, Carl
ISBN 9781134933105
113493310X
0203782011
9780203782019
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113493324X
9781134933174
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