Books by Susan Goldin-Meadow
Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts
by Susan Goldin-Meadow
Developmental psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow has a new book: on the importance of hand gestures for communication.
“I’ve been a fan of Susan Goldin-Meadow’s work for a long, long time. She has been working with profoundly deaf kids for about 40 years now. What she’s interested in figuring out is the kind of language you get when there is nothing in the way of linguistic input early on … The book is beautifully written and it does have some complex linguistics in it, but it’s a really interesting question it’s asking.” Read more...
David Adger, Linguist
Interviews where books by Susan Goldin-Meadow were recommended
The best books on Linguistics, recommended by David Adger
Which linguistics books give a good sense of what the field is about? David Adger, Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and the current president of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, recommends some of his own favourite books on the science of language, including a sci-fi novel.
