[PDF] Language Contact In The American Deaf Community eBook

Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004653333

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Started in 1986 as a project to simply describe the linguistic and sociolinguistic features of contact signing and to determine if this type of signing is aptly labeled a pidgin, this book blossomed in depth as the authors' data increased. The initial narrow goals of the book expanded and now project a much larger picture of language contact in the American deaf community."We were forced...to consider issues somewhat broader than those addressed by the (initial) project," writes Lucas in the preface. The result is a superbly-researched text, documenting the tireless efforts of Lucas and Valli over the last six years. Included in the book is a model of linguistic outcomes of language contact in the deaf community, the patterns of language use which emerged from the data, and the implications of the findings on deaf education, second language teaching, and interpreting.This book describes language contact in the deaf community within the larger context of studies of language contact. It reviews current issues and research on language contact. It re-examines claims that the outcome of language contact in the deaf community is a pidgin. It demonstrates what is unique about language contact in the deaf community based on analysis of videotaped data. It discusses the educational and teaching implications of findings with regard to language contact in the deaf community.

Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Brill Academic Pub
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780124580404

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Describes language contact in the deaf community within the larger context of studies of language contact. This book reviews issues and research on language contact. It discusses the educational and teaching implications of findings with regard to language contact in the deaf community.

Author : Ila Parasnis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 1998-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521645652

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This edited book presents an detailed analysis of the experience of deaf people as a bilingual-bicultural minority group in America. An overview of mainstream research on bilingualism and biculturalism is followed by specific research and conceptual analyses which examine the impact of cultural and language diversity on the experiences of deaf people. The book ends with poignant personal reflections from deaf community members. The contributors include prominent deaf and hearing experts in bilingualism, ASL and Deaf culture, and deaf education.

Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,76 MB
Release : 2001-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521794749

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This is an accessible introduction to the major areas of sociolinguistics as they relate to sign languages and deaf communities. Clearly organised, it brings together a team of leading experts in sign linguistics to survey the field, and covers a wide range of topics including variation, multilingualism, bilingualism, language attitudes, discourse analysis, language policy and planning. The book examines how sign languages are distributed around the world; what occurs when they come in contact with spoken and written languages; and how signers use them in a variety of situations. Each chapter introduces the key issues in each area of inquiry and provides a comprehensive review of the literature. The book also includes suggestions for further reading and helpful exercises. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages will be welcomed by students in deaf studies, linguistics and interpreter training, as well as spoken language researchers, and researchers and teachers of sign language.

Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1483296393

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This is a unified collection of the best and most current empirical studies of socio-linguistic issues in the deaf community, including topics such as studies of sign language variation, language contact and change, and sign language policy. Established linguistic concerns with deaf language are reexamined and redefined, and several new issues of general importance to all sociolinguists are raised and explored. This is a book which interests all sociolinguists as well as deaf professionals, teachers of the deaf, sign language interpreters, and anyone else dealing on a day-to-day basis with the everyday language choices that deaf persons must make. This is a unified collection of the best and most current empirical studies of sociolinguistic issues in the deaf community, including topics such as: Studies of Sign Language Variation Language contact and Change Sign Language Policy Language Attitudes Sign Language Discourse Analysis

Author : Joseph Christopher Hill
Publisher : Sociolinguistics in Deaf Commu
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781563685453

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Hill's new study shows various contradictions in the use of signed languages by exploring the linguistic and social factors that govern such stereotypical perceptions of social groups about signing differences.

Author : Jim G. Kyle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521357173

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The discovery of the importance of sign language in the deaf community is very recent indeed. This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, and particularly of the deaf community in Britain. The authors' principal aim is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves - a language of movement and space, of the hands and of the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story telling. The first chapters of the book discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children (BSL) follows, and the authors also consider how the signs come into existence, change over time and alter their meanings, and how BSL compares and contrasts with spoken languages and other signed languages. Subsequent chapters examine sign language learning from a psychological perspective and other cognitive issues. The book concludes with a consideration of the applications of sign language research, particularly in the contentious field of education. There is still much to be discovered about sign language and the deaf community, but the authors have succeeded in providing an extensive framework on which other researchers can build, from which professionals can develop a coherent practice for their work with deaf people, and from which hearing parents of deaf children can draw the confidence to understand their children's world.

Author : Thomas K. Holcomb
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199777543

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Introduction to American Deaf Culture provides a fresh perspective on what it means to be Deaf in contemporary hearing society. The book offers an overview of Deaf art, literature, history, and humor, and touches on political, social and cultural themes.

Author : Adam C. Schembri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316240266

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How do people use sign languages in different situations around the world? How are sign languages distributed globally? What happens when they come in contact with spoken and written languages? These and other questions are explored in this new introduction to the sociolinguistics of sign languages and deaf communities. An international team brings insights and data from a wide range of sign languages, from the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Brazil and Australia. Topics covered include multilingualism in the global deaf community, sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages, bilingualism and language contact between signed and spoken languages, attitudes towards sign languages, sign language planning and policy, and sign language discourse. Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities will be welcomed by students of sign language and interpreting, teachers of sign language, and students and academics working in linguistics.

Author : Clayton Valli
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781563680977

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New 4th Edition completely revised and updated with new DVD now available; ISBN 1-56368-283-4.