The sociolinguistics of sign languages
By: edited by Ceil Lucas.
Contributors: Lucas, Ceil.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Sign language; Deaf -- Means of communication; Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Ceil Lucas; title: Multilingualism : the global approach to sign languages -- Bencie Woll, Rachel Sutton-Spence and Frances Elton; title: Bilingualism and language contact -- Jean Ann; title: Sociolinguistic variation -- Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli, Mary Rose and Alyssa Wulf; title: Discourse analysis -- Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan; title: Language planning and policy -- Timothy Reagan; title: Language attitudes-- Sarah Burns, Patrick Matthews and Evelyn Nolan-Conroy.