LINGUIST List 21.5036 Sun Dec 12 2010 Books: Cognitive Science: Smith, Tsimpli, Morgan, Woll Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Joyce Reid , The Signs of a Savant: Smith, Tsimpli, Morgan, Woll Message 1: The Signs of a Savant: Smith, Tsimpli, Morgan, Woll Date: 11-Dec-2010 From: Joyce Reid <jreidcambridge.org> Subject: The Signs of a Savant: Smith, Tsimpli, Morgan, Woll E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Signs of a Savant Subtitle: Language Against the Odds Publication Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Author: Neil Smith Author: Ianthi Tsimpli Author: Gary Morgan Author: Bencie Woll Hardback: ISBN: 9780521852272 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 99.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9780521852272 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 60.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9780521617697 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 21.99 Paperback: ISBN: 9780521617697 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 34.99 Abstract: 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. Table of Contents 1. Introducing Christopher; 2. BSL: an overview; 3. The programme; 4. The results; 5. Christopher in the wider context; 6. Modality and the mind. Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science General Linguistics Subject Language(s): British Sign Language (bfi) Written In: English (eng) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52121 New! 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