Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind AUTH-9359120 ISBN10: 1934137294

ISBN10: 1934137294

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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind AUTH-9359120 ISBN10: 1934137294Imagine a village where everyone speaks sign language. Just such a village an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness is at the heart of Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind. There, an indigenous sign language has sprung up, used by deaf and hearing villagers alike. It is a language no outsider has been able to decode, until now. A New York Times reporter trained as a linguist, Margalit Fox is