Linguistics
Multilingualism and Sign Languages
From the Great Plains to Australia
First Edition
The 12th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series
The latest entry in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series continues to mine the rich resources found in signing communities ...
The Rising of Lotus Flowers
Self-Education by Deaf Children in Thai Boarding Schools
First Edition
In developed nations around the world, residential schools for deaf students are giving way to the trend of inclusion in regular classrooms. Nonetheless, deaf education continues to lag as the students ...
The Emergence of the Deaf Community in Nicaragua
“With Sign Language You Can Learn So Much”
First Edition
The sudden discovery of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) enthralled scholars worldwide who hoped to witness the evolution of a new language. But controversy erupted regarding the validity of NSL as a genuinely ...
To the Lexicon and Beyond
Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities
First Edition
Volume 10 of the series explores sociolinguistics in various European Deaf communities. Editors Van Herreweghe and Vermeerbergen present a wide array of research inspired by the Sociolinguistics Symposium ...
Original Signs
Gesture, Sign, and the Sources of Language
In the ongoing debate about evolution, scholars frequently argue either the perspective that humans stand as the end product of a deliberate process or that they derive from a series of random acts of ...
Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language
First Edition
The culmination of a seven-year project, this volume provides a complete description of American Sign Language (ASL) variation. For four decades, linguists have studied how people from varying regions ...
Language in Hand
Why Sign Came Before Speech
First Edition
In Language in Hand: Why Sign Came Before Speech, William C. Stokoe begins his exploration of the origin of human language with a 2400-year-old quote by Democritus: “Everything existing in the universe ...
Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities
This collection offers a wide variety of fascinating studies that consider multicultural aspects among deaf people worldwide. Mala Kleinfeld and Noni Warner investigate variation in the use of gay, lesbian, ...
From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children
In 21 essays on communicative gesturing in the first two years of life, this vital collection demonstrates the importance of gesture in a child’s transition to a linguistic system. Introductions preceding ...