American Sign Language: `It's not mouth stuff--it's brain stuff.' (original) (raw)
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SOURCE
Smithsonian;Jul92, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p30
ABSTRACT
States that research on how deaf people communicate gives them a stronger hand in our culture, and casts new light on the origin of language. Looking for patterns which reveal how the human brain produces language; Bill Stokoe's studies on American Sign Language (ASL); History of early attempts at sign language; Teachers of deaf pupils known as `hearies.'
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