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Review published In: Sign Language & Linguistics
Vol. 12:2 (2009) ► pp.203–210

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Margalit Fox. Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Hardcover:. € 20.00/$ 27.00 Paperback:. € 12.00/$ 15.00354 pp. ISBN 0-7432-4712-4hardcover 0-7432-4713-2paperback

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Published online: 22 February 2010
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