books by Sherman Wilcox (language learning nonhuman)

books by Sherman Wilcox

books:

1 review
Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, Sherman Wilcox

Gallaudet University Press, 1997

Basic ASL instruction
This is a basic ASL teaching book. Very few pictures and mostly information for people teaching beginners ASL. It does have some interesting features that make it worth a glance.

Gesture and the Nature of Language
David F. Armstrong, William C. Stokoe, ...

Cambridge University Press, 1995

This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those ...

Gay Plays (Methuen TheatreFile): Submariners, The Green Nay Tree, Passing By, Accounts
Tom McClenaghan, Martin Sherman

Routledge, 1986

Eric Bentley's Round 2 is a gay version of La Ronde set in New York in the 70s at a time when homosexuals were becoming increasingly visible and confident - in this series of encounters, sex overturns, even if for a short time the social and economic orde "Gay Plays 4 reflects the rich diversity of both gay writing and gay experience" Michael Burton, Gay Times

American Deaf Culture: An Anthology

1 review

Linstok Pr, 1989

A wonderful book for d/Deaf and Hearing alike!
This is an excellent book with many essays and information regarding the Deaf Culture. Not only is there a lot of information and research, but there are several hilarious chapters by Ben Bahan that made me chuckle out loud (and THAT's a high compliment)! Being Deaf myself, it was refreshing and fun to look into this book and pull from it many wonderful nuggests of information. Highly ...

The Gestural Origin of Language

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

In The Gestural Origin of Language, Sherman Wilcox and David Armstrong use evidence from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know it today. According to their model, it is sign, not spoken languages, that is the original mode of human communication. The authors demonstrate that modern language is derived from practical actions and gestures that were increasingly recognized as having the potential to represent, and ...

The Origins of Language: What Nonhuman Primates Can Tell Us (Advanced Seminar Series)
Barbara J. King;Robbins Burling;Iain Davidson ;Kathleen Gibson ;Stephen Jessee;Dario Maestripieri;Lorraine McCune;Sue Savage-Rumbaugh;Charles Snowdon ;Sherman Wilcox

SAR Press, 1999