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Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia
D. . Ed(S): Umiker-Sebeok
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Paperback. Editor(s): Umiker-Sebeok, D. Num Pages: 442 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 813.
1. THE SEMIOTIC CHARACTER OF ABORIGINAL SIGN LANGUAGES In our culture, language, especially in its spoken manifestation, is the much vaunted hallmark of humanity, the diagnostic trait of man that has made possible the creation of a civilization unknown to any other terrestrial organism. Through our inheritance of a /aculte du langage, culture is in a sense bred inta man. And yet, language is viewed as a force wh ich can destroy us through its potential for objectification and classification. According to popular mythology, the naming of the animals of Eden, while giving Adam and Eve a certain power over ... Read more
1. THE SEMIOTIC CHARACTER OF ABORIGINAL SIGN LANGUAGES In our culture, language, especially in its spoken manifestation, is the much vaunted hallmark of humanity, the diagnostic trait of man that has made possible the creation of a civilization unknown to any other terrestrial organism. Through our inheritance of a /aculte du langage, culture is in a sense bred inta man. And yet, language is viewed as a force wh ich can destroy us through its potential for objectification and classification. According to popular mythology, the naming of the animals of Eden, while giving Adam and Eve a certain power over ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468424119
SKU
V9781468424119
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