Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages

Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages

by Ceil Lucas
ISBN-10:
1563681285
ISBN-13:
9781563681288
Pub. Date:
10/25/2002
Publisher:
Gallaudet University Press
ISBN-10:
1563681285
ISBN-13:
9781563681288
Pub. Date:
10/25/2002
Publisher:
Gallaudet University Press
Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages

Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages

by Ceil Lucas

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781563681288
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2002
Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities , #8
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author


Ceil Lucas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Table of Contents

Editorial Advisory Boardvii
Contributorsvii
Editor's Introductionix
Part 1Variation
Variation in ASL Fingerspelling3
Part 2Language Contact and Bilingualism
So, Why Do I Call This English?27
Part 3Discourse Analysis
Grounded Blend Maintenance as a Discourse Strategy53
Turn-Taking Mechanisms and Active Participation in Meetings with Deaf and Hearing Participants in Flanders73
Part 4Language Attitudes
Deaf People in Bilingual Speaking Communities: The Case of Deaf People in Barcelona107
Index157
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