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A Man Without Words

A Man Without Words Paperback - 2012

by Schaller, Susan

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University of California Press, 2012. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title A Man Without Words
  • Author Schaller, Susan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition,
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 220
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press
  • Date 2012
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0520274911I3N00
  • ISBN 9780520274914 / 0520274911
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Hispanic/Latino Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Mexicans - United States, Deaf - Means of communication - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the rear cover

Praise for the previous edition:

"A meditation on the wonders of language. . . . Susan Schaller's book is a tantalizing glimpse into unexplored territory. . . . Virtually nothing has been written about adults without language, but Ms. Schaller makes it clear that their numbers are greater than we think."

Lou Ann Walker, New York Times Book Review



"This poignant, astonishing, exciting case history touches on many linguistic, philosophic, and educational matters and raises questions not only about teaching the deaf but about the ways people learn."

Publishers Weekly



"Her passionate, powerful book is both eloquent and elegant."

Andrea Barrett, Washington Post Book World



"At the level of sheer pleasure in reading, /i/A Man without Words//i/ is as gripping as a novel, eliciting great sympathy for both protagonist and author. . . . The question that drives it--what is it like to be without language?--should be of interest to any reflective person, and it is one of the great scientific questions of all time."

Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct

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About the author

Susan Schaller is a teacher of American Sign Language affiliated with the World Federation of the Deaf and the founder of In the Name of Deaf Adults (NaDA).

Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. He has written ten books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.