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Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities #7: Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language

by Ceil Lucas

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781563681134
Author:
Lucas, Ceil
Author:
Bayley, Robert
Author:
Wulf, Alyssa
Author:
Dudis, Paul
Author:
Bayley, Robert
Publisher:
Gallaudet University Press
Location:
Washington, D.C.
Subject:
Sign Language
Subject:
American sign language
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Series:
Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ;
Series Volume:
07
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
9.37x6.25x.85 in. 1.31 lbs.

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