{"product_id":"talking-hands-what-sign-language-reveals-about-the-mind-paperback","title":"Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals about the Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargalit Fox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a village where everyone \"speaks\" sign language. Just such a village -- an isolated Bedouin community in Israel with an unusually high rate of deafness -- is at the heart of \u003ci\u003eTalking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind.\u003c\/i\u003e There, an indigenous sign language has sprung up, used by deaf and hearing villagers alike. It is a language no outsider has been able to decode, until now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter trained as a linguist, Margalit Fox is the only Western journalist to have set foot in this remarkable village. In \u003ci\u003eTalking Hands, \u003c\/i\u003e she follows an international team of scientists that is unraveling this mysterious language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because the sign language of the village has arisen completely on its own, outside the influence of any other language, it is a living demonstration of the \"language instinct,\" man's inborn capacity to create language. If the researchers can decode this language, they will have helped isolate ingredients essential to all human language, signed and spoken. But as \u003ci\u003eTalking Hands\u003c\/i\u003e grippingly shows, their work in the village is also a race against time, because the unique language of the village may already be endangered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTalking Hands\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating introduction to the signed languages of the world -- languages as beautiful, vital and emphatically human as any other -- explaining why they are now furnishing cognitive scientists with long-sought keys to understanding how language works in the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in lyrical, accessible prose, \u003ci\u003eTalking Hands\u003c\/i\u003e will captivate anyone interested in language, the human mind and journeys to exotic places.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911762211040,"sku":"9780743247139","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/WfbYcvEo-A9780743247139.webp?v=1781259620","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/talking-hands-what-sign-language-reveals-about-the-mind-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}