Relations of language and thought : the view from sign language and deaf children / Marc Marschark ... [et al.]. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xii, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Counterpoints . - Counterpoints (Oxford University Press) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface // Contributors // Relations of language and cognition : what do deaf children tell us ? // Universals, generalizability and the acquisition of signed language // The modular effects of sign language acquisition // Read the lips : speculations on the nature and role of lipreading in cognitive development of deaf children // Making faces : contextant domains for language and visual cognition // In support of the language acquisition device // Modules and informational encapsulation of language processes // Models modules and modality // Index //

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Deaf children--Means of communication.
Deaf children--Language.
Sign language.
Cognition in children.

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