Kyle, J.

Sign language : the study of deaf people and their language / J.G. Kyle and B. Woll with G. Pullen and F. Maddix. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. - vii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 291-307.

Acknowledgments // Introduction // The deaf community // British sign language // Historical aspects of BSL // Sign language acquisition // The building blocks of sign language // The structure of signs // Sign morphology and syntax ; the grammar of BSL // Comparing sign languages // Learning and using BSL // The psychology of sign // Sign language interpreting // Sign language in schools // Which sign language ? // Developments for sign language // Appendix 1-2-3 // References // Subject Index // Index of signs in the text // Index of names in the text //

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Sign language--Study and teaching.
Deaf--Means of communication--Great Britain.

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