Signed and spoken language--biological constraints on linguistic form : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Sign Language and Spoken Language--Biological Constraints on Linguistic Form, Berlin 1980, March 24-28 / U. Bellugi and M. Studdert-Kennedy, editors ; rapporteurs, Peter D. Eimas ... [et al.] ; program advisory committee, Ursula Bellugi ... [et al.]. - Weinheim ; Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Verlag Chemie, 1980. - 370 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Life sciences research report ; 19 .

Sponsored by: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and Senat der Stadt Berlin.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Preface // Introduction // General and special properties of language // The structuring of language by the requirements of motor control and perception // The structuring of language by the requirements of memory and processing // The structuring of language by developmental processes // The structuring of language by biological and neurological processes // Participant list // Subject index // Author index //

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