Talking Hands
Book • 2007
Margalit Fox's 'Talking Hands' explores the history, science, and human stories behind sign languages and gesture-based communication.
The book traces how sign languages have developed, gained recognition, and been studied by linguists and historians, while profiling key figures and communities.
Fox combines reporting, historical research, and interviews to show how sign languages function as full natural languages with rich cultural significance.
The book examines the challenges and triumphs of deaf communities and the researchers who helped legitimize sign languages academically.
Overall, it highlights the complexity and universality of human communicative abilities through the lens of manual-visual languages.
The book traces how sign languages have developed, gained recognition, and been studied by linguists and historians, while profiling key figures and communities.
Fox combines reporting, historical research, and interviews to show how sign languages function as full natural languages with rich cultural significance.
The book examines the challenges and triumphs of deaf communities and the researchers who helped legitimize sign languages academically.
Overall, it highlights the complexity and universality of human communicative abilities through the lens of manual-visual languages.
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