Sociolinguistic variation in American sign language /
This volume provides a complete description of ASL variation. People from varying regions and backgrounds have different ways of saying the same thing. For example, in English some people say "test," while others say "tes'," dropping the final "t." Noted scholars C...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Gallaudet University Press,
2001
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| Series: | Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ;
v. 7. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This volume provides a complete description of ASL variation. People from varying regions and backgrounds have different ways of saying the same thing. For example, in English some people say "test," while others say "tes'," dropping the final "t." Noted scholars Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Clayton Valli led a team of exceptional researchers in applying techniques for analyzing spoken language variation to ASL. Their observations at the phonological, lexical, morphological, and syntactic levels demonstrate that ASL variation correlates with many of the same driving social factors of spoken languages, including age, socioeconomic class, gender, ethnic background, region, and sexual orientation. Internal constraints that mandate variant choices for spoken languages have been compared to ASL as well, with intriguing results. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1563681773 9781563681776 1563681137 9781563681134 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
