Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 219 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511780530
Content:
Every once in a while nature gives us insight into the human condition by providing us with a unique case whose special properties illuminate the species as a whole. Christopher is such an example. Despite disabilities which mean that everyday tasks are burdensome chores, Christopher is a linguistic wonder who can read, write, speak, understand and translate more than twenty languages. On some tests he shows a severely low IQ, hinting at ineducability, yet his English language ability indicates an IQ in excess of 120 (a level more than sufficient to enter university). Christopher is a savant, someone with an island of startling talent in a sea of inability. This book documents his learning of British Sign Language, casting light on the modularity of cognition, the modality neutrality of the language faculty, the structure of memory, the grammar of signed language and the nature of the human mind
Content:
Introducing Christopher -- British Sign Llanguage: an overview -- The programme -- The results -- Christopher in the wider context -- Modality and the mind
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521852272
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521617697
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521852272
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Gebärdensprache
;
British sign language
;
Savant-Syndrom
;
Sprachbegabung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511780530
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