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Interview with the Author
Dr. Ceil Lucas, Series Editor
GUPress: How did the Sociolinguistics in
Deaf Communities Series get started? What is the purpose of the series?
Dr. Lucas: The Sociolinguistics
series got started because research on
sociolinguistics in deaf communities was being conducted all over the world and I thought that there
needed to be one place where it could be found. I am a sociolinguist by training
and wanted to make the current research in the field of the sociolinguistics of
sign languages widely available. I require that the papers be data-based (not
position or opinion papers) with both hearing and
deaf authors and as international as possible. The basic format is a collection of
papers divided into the basic areas of sociolinguistics: variation, bilingualism
and language contact, discourse analysis, language planning and policy, and
language attitudes. We have published one dissertation (Claire Ramsey's,
Volume
3) and will do another one, Steve Nover's (Volume 11, 2005) and there have been
four guest editors, Betsy Winston (Volume 5),
Melanie Metzger (Volume 6), and Mieke
Van Herreweghe and Myriam Vermeerbergen (Volume 10, forthcoming).
GUPress: How many more books do you plan
to add?
Dr. Lucas: The series will go on as
long Gallaudet University Press sees a need and a market for it, I suppose.
GUPress: What are you currently working
on?
Dr. Lucas: Volume 8 (Turn-Taking,
Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages) just came out. I am
currently editing Volume 9, Language and the Law in Deaf Communities, a
collection of papers about language and legal issues in deaf communities. Volume 10 will be guest-edited by Mieke Van Herreweghe
and Myriam Vermeerbergen, and will be a collection of sign language papers from the
Sociolinguistics Symposium 14 held in Ghent, Belgium, in April of 2002. Volume 11
will be Steve Novers dissertation on language planning in 19th century deaf
education, so all of those are in progress. Volume 12 will be back to a collection
of papers.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Highlights from the Sociolinguistics in Deaf
Communities Series
Turn-Taking,
Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages, the
eighth volume in the
Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series,
continues the tradition of the series with a collection of papers
ranging in topics from variation in fingerspelling and the outcomes of ASL-English
contact to the structure of sign language discourse, turn-taking strategies, and
language attitudes,
elucidates series editor Dr. Ceil Lucas, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of
Linguistics and Interpretation at Gallaudet University.
With studies in this volume from the United States, Belgium, and Spain,
the series continues to show us the wide range of sociolinguistic issues that
arise in Deaf communities around the world.
In this compelling volume, a diverse group of
scholars measure the influence of recent worldwide, Deaf sociopolitical
movements advocating signed languages on deaf groups already familiar with
bilingual education. Read more about
Turn-Taking,
Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages
in part three, Discourse Analysis, and receive a 20% discount off the regular
price when you order your copy.
Cambridge University Presss
Studies in Second Language Acquisition journal congratulates Melanie
Metzger on Bilingualism and
Identity in Deaf Communities saying,
Metzgers
work offers a truly unique look at Deaf communities around the world. This
volume is a welcome addition to any language educators
library. It enhances our understanding of how Deaf people perceive themselves
and their languages; as a result, it expands our understanding of the bilingual
individual. The scope of this volume could have resulted in chaos but, with
Metzger, we gain a deeper understanding of signed languages through glimpses of
fascinating communities.
You can read the
review in its entirety, as well as an excerpt from
chapter one
and order Bilingualism and Identity in Deaf
Communities here.
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collaboration on Kid-Friendly
Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children.
Kid-Friendly
Parenting is a first-rate,
user
friendly
resource for parents of hearing-impaired offspring, exclaims The Midwest Book
Review in the October 2002 issue of its Library Bookwatch newsletter. Read the
full review and
place your order today.
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