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1. Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages

   Edited by Karen Emmorey

   Classifier constructions are universal to sign languages and exhibit unique properties that arise from the nature of the visual-gestural modality. The major goals are to bring to light critical issues related to the study of classifier constructions and to present state-of-the-art linguistic and...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Language, Cognition, and the Brain

   Insights From Sign Language Research

   By Karen Emmorey

   Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human language and language processing, the relation between cognition and language, and the neural organization of language....

   Published December 12th 2001 by Psychology Press
3. Language, Cognition, and the Brain

   Insights From Sign Language Research

   By Karen Emmorey

   Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human language and language processing, the relation between cognition and language, and the neural organization of language....

   Published October 31st 2001 by Psychology Press
4. The Signs of Language Revisited

   An Anthology To Honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima

   Edited by Karen Emmorey, Harlan L. Lane

   The burgeoning of research on signed language during the last two decades has had a major influence on several disciplines concerned with mind and language, including linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, child language acquisition, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and deaf education. The...

   Published June 11th 2000 by Psychology Press
5. The Signs of Language Revisited

   An Anthology To Honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima

   Edited by Karen Emmorey, Harlan L. Lane

   The burgeoning of research on signed language during the last two decades has had a major influence on several disciplines concerned with mind and language, including linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, child language acquisition, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and deaf education. The...

   Published April 30th 2000 by Psychology Press
6. Language, Gesture, and Space

   Edited by Karen Emmorey, Judy S. Reilly

   This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed. The chapters focus on five pertinent areas reflecting different, but related research topics:...

   Published January 31st 1995 by Psychology Press