An international sign languagc, promulgated by movies and television, and cOntrolled by a world commission, was recently proposed by a prominent British scientist. Man, he claims, is not prlmarily a tool-using animal, but is, rather, a symbol-using creature. 8peech was born when separate signs were evolved for separate ideas; tbo corresponding moutb gestures were Coinbined witb tbe enjotional language of gruntp, cbuckles, and cries, theroby ultimately producing speech. Sign language, he believes, could b> logieaUy I developed so as to express the most ] abstract tbougbte of man. I
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 79, 20 April 1937, Page 7
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