A Historical Window on the Psycholinguistic Study of Sign Language

Emmorey, Karen
Lane, Harlan Eds.
Romski, Mary Ann

KAREN EMMOREY, Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California.
HARLAN LANE, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University.
MARY ANN ROMSKI, Department of Communication, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083. E-mail: [email protected]

PsycCRITIQUES 47(1):p 56-57, February 2002. | DOI: 10.1037/001042

Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 2002, Vol 47(1), 56-57. According to the reviewer, more than 30 years ago, before the was enacted and closed-captioning for the hearing impaired and text-telephone devices had been invented, Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima pioneered the study of sign language in psycholinguistics. This 28-chapter edited collection of articles (see record 2000-03924-000) provides historical perspectives, modality and linguistic considerations, language acquisition issues, and neural organization considerations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)