The Sociolinguistics in deaf communities
By: Ceil Lucas, editor.
Contributors: Lucas, Ceil.
Series: The sociolinguistics in deaf communities series -- 1
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Deaf -- Means of communication; Sociolinguistics; Sign language -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sociolinguistic variation in ASL: the case of deaf / Ceil Lucas; title: Description and status of initialized signs in Quebec sign language / Dominique Machabee; title: Fingerspelling interaction: a set of deaf parents and their deaf daughter / Arlene Blumenthal-Kelly; title: A socialinguistic description of sign language use in a Navajo family / Jeffrey Davis and Samuel Supalla; title: Politics and language: American sign language and English in deaf education / Stephen M. Nover; title: Language and learning in a deaf education classroom: practice and paradox / Mary Ann La Bue; title: Communication and language use in Spanish-speaking families with deaf children / Barbara Gerner de Garcia; title: Constructed dialogue and constructed action in American sign language / Melanie Metzger; title: Turn-taking and eye gaze in sign conversations between deaf Filipinos / Liza B. Martinez; title: Empowerment from within: the deaf social movement providing a framework for a multicultural society / Kathy Jankowski