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Friday, July 15, 2005
Completely Revised and Updated with New DVD
The 4th Edition of Linguistics of American Sign
Language Makes its Debut
The Press launches its fall 2005 season with the all-new, completely revised
fourth edition of Clayton Valli, Ceil Lucas, and Kristen Mulrooney’s
Linguistics
of American Sign Language: An Introduction. Long established as the
authoritative text in its field, this new edition features a completely revised
section on morphology and syntax, 18 new and updated readings, and new homework
assignments based on the accompanying DVD. The DVD contains a wide variety of
signing examples, ranging from a 1913 film of George Veditz, a former president
of the National Association of the Deaf, to interviews of deaf subjects who
were part of a national research project on sociolinguistic variation in 2001.
The authors introduce this exciting new volume by stating, “Our first goal is to
teach the basic concepts of linguistics as they pertain to American Sign
Language (ASL) structure. To this end, we introduce fundamental areas of
linguistic inquiry—phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and the use of
language—and discuss the phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and
sociolinguistic structure of ASL. Our second goal is to teach students to
think critically about the structure of ASL and about claims that researchers
make about the structure. We encourage students not to memorize
linguistic facts, but rather to think about language structure.”
View the
text table of contents
and the DVD
contents, and also read an excerpt from part 3,
Morphology and
Syntax. And, order
Linguistics of American Sign Language, 4th Edition at your exclusive subscriber
discount rate of 20% off the regular price.
 “Meticulously
compiled and expertly edited by Elizabeth A. Winston,
Educational
Interpreting: How It Can Succeed, is a scholarly anthology of essays by
learned authors concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the practice of
educational interpreting for deaf students.” This glowing appraisal was expressed in
the May 2005 issue of Wisconsin Bookwatch, the library newsletter from The
Midwest Book Review. The
review
concludes with, “A welcome contribution to
deaf studies and a critical assessment of the skill of educational
interpretation itself.” Divided into
three parts—Deaf Students, Interpreting and Interpreters, and Improving
Interpreted Education—this incisive book explores the current state of
educational interpreting, why it fails, and how it can succeed by defining the
knowledge and skills interpreters must have and developing standards of practice
and assessment. Read chapter six,
“Competencies of K–12
Educational Interpreters: What We Need versus What We Have”, and
order Educational Interpreting.
 CHOICE
Magazine praised
Genetics,
Disability, and Deafness, edited by John Vickrey Van Cleve, in its May 2005
issue: “Historically, deafness is believed to be the natural elimination of
‘bad’ genes (eugenics). Under the Nazi regime, many countries took away deaf
people’s rights, including the rights to give birth or even to live. People
usually view deafness as a disease. However, among the deaf population, deafness
is just something unique, and no negativity is associated with it. In a discussion
on the Bedouin community, Shifra Kisch provides new insights into how deafness is
perceived. The Abu-Shara people regard deafness as simply a gift from God; being
deaf is not much different from being tall or short. Genetic causes account for
more than 60 percent of all deafness. The section on hereditary deafness
provides a brief discussion of the genetic aspect of deafness, including the
notorious connexin 26 gene. All in all, this is a very comprehensive book that
provides a 360-degree look at deafness. The editor has done a good job compiling
a wide variety of essays that discuss hearing impairment in its medical,
cultural, historical, and genetic aspects. Readers will find this book easy,
informative, and fun to read.” Read Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Menand’s
paper, “The Science
of Human Nature and the Human Nature of Science,” and
order Genetics, Disability, and Deafness.
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