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Author Lucas, Ceil.

Title Sociolinguistic variation in American sign language / Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley and Clayton Valli ; in collaboration with Mary Rose [and others].

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 7
Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 7.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Sociolinguistic variation and sign languages : a framework for research -- Ch. 2. Collecting and analyzing an ASL corpus -- Ch. 3. The sociohistorical context for ASL variation -- Ch. 4. Phonological variation 1 : variation in handshape -- Ch. 5. Phonological variation 2 : variation in location -- Ch. 6. Grammatical and social conditioning of phonological variation -- Ch. 7. Syntactic variation : null pronoun variation in ASL narratives -- Ch. 8. Lexical variation -- Ch. 9. Sociolinguistic variation in American Sign Language -- Appendix A. Transcription conventions -- Appendix B. Sign variants -- References -- Index.
Summary 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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Subject American Sign Language -- Social aspects.
American Sign Language.
Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bayley, Robert, 1943-
Valli, Clayton.
Rose, Mary (Mary Aleene)
Other Form: Print version: Lucas, Ceil. Sociolinguistic variation in American sign language. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, ©2001 1563681137 (OCoLC)48042918
ISBN 1563681773 (electronic book)
9781563681776 (electronic book)
1563681137
9781563681134