Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language (Gallaudet Sociolinguistics)
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Author
Publication
2001-08-08 - Gallaudet University Press
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL12136437M
- ISBN-139781563681134
- ISBN-101563681137
- OCLC Control Number48042918
- OCLC Control Numbersociolinguisticv00luca
and 2 more
- Goodreads1540150
- LibraryThing4711284
Classifications
- LCCHV2476.4
Description
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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Other Editions
- Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language (Gallaudet Sociolinguistics)
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