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100 1 $aArmstrong, David F.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94017031
245 10 $aOriginal signs :$bgesture, sign, and the sources of language /$cDavid F. Armstrong.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGalludet University Press,$c1999.
300 $aix, 190 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Forest of Symbols --$g1.$tWhere Did Language Come From? --$g2.$tThe Rage to Order --$g3.$tSpeech and Sign --$g4.$tWords and Sentences --$g5.$tSimultaneity and Sequentiality --$g6.$tThe Morning Star and the Evening Star --$g7.$tForked Tongues.
520 $aSince Darwin's time, the majority of evolutionary linguists have theorized that language defines human beings and that speech defines language. In Original Signs, David Armstrong disputes the latter concept by showing that language has evolved in many different ways through many different paths, not just speech. The present evidence rests in the known fact that when deaf people sign, they are using a well-formed human language.
520 8 $aArmstrong addresses in turn the various thoughts on language development put forth by the major theorists, including Stephen J. Gould, Steven Pinker, Noam Chomsky, Terrence Deacon, and others, to finely hone his concept of the varied forms in which language developed.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074529
650 0 $aSign language.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122390
650 0 $aGesture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054727
852 00 $bglx$hP116$i.A754 1999
852 00 $bbar$hP116$i.A754 1999