Timo Sowa & Ipke Wachsmuth 
Gesture and Sign Languages in Human-Computer Interaction [PDF ebook] 
International Gesture Workshop, GW 2001, London, UK, April 18-20, 2001. Revised Papers

Current approaches to treating stuttering do not reflect the new understanding of its nature which has emerged from recent studies. This book brings together speech scientists and clinicians to discu …

Once the rulers of the largest land empire that has ever existed on earth, the historical Mongols of Chinggis Khan left a linguistic heritage which today survives in the form of more than a dozen dif …

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