The other side of silence : sign language and the deaf community in America / [book]
By: Neisser, Arden
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 1990Description: xiii, 301 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0930323645 (alk. paper) :; 0930323645 (alk. paper); 0930323645 :; 0930323645 (alk. paper) :; 0930323645; 0930323645 :; 0930323645 :; 0930323645 .Subject(s): Deaf -- United States | Deaf -- United States | American Sign Language | Deaf | Deficience auditive | Langage par signes | DEAF STUDIESDDC classification: 305.9 NEI | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 305.9 NEI (Browse shelf) | Available | 008312 | |
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1983.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and index.
In search of sign language - Signs and science - Nature: the innate Language Endowment - Nurture: schools for the deaf - Apeing sign language - A way of life.
Explores the issues related to the growing use of American Sign Language in the United States. The author makes readers aware of what it means to be deaf and the ways in which people who cannot hear, experience their lives.
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