What's Your Sign for Pizza?: An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language - Couverture souple

Lucas, Ceil; Bayley, Robert; Valli, Clayton

 
9781563685729: What's Your Sign for Pizza?: An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language
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ISBN 10 : 1563685728 ISBN 13 : 9781563685729
Editeur : Gallaudet University Press,U.S., 2019

Synopsis

This introductory text celebrates another dimension of diversity in the United States Deaf community -- variation in the way American Sign Language (ASL) is used by Deaf people all across the nation. The different ways people have of saying or signing the same thing defines variation in language. In spoken English, some people say "soda," others say "pop," "Coke," or "soft drink;" in ASL, there are many signs for "birthday," "Halloween," "early," and of course, "pizza."

What's Your Sign for Pizza? derives from an extensive seven-year research project in which more than 200 Deaf ASL users representing different ages, genders, and ethnic groups from seven different regions were filmed sharing their signs for everyday vocabulary. The film clips form a supplemental resource to the text and are referenced in their relevant chapters. The text begins with an explanation of the basic concepts of language and the structure of sign language. Each part of the text concludes with questions for discussion, and the final section offers three supplemental readings that provide further information on variation in both spoken and signed languages. What's Your Sign for Pizza also briefly sketches the development of ASL, which explains the relationships between language varieties throughout the country.

The videos are available online at www.youtube.com/GallaudetUniversityPress.

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À propos des auteurs

Ceil Lucas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Robert Bayley is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis.

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Éditeur
Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1563685728
ISBN 13 
9781563685729
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781563681448: What's Your Sign for Pizza?: An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language

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ISBN 10 :  1563681447 ISBN 13 :  9781563681448
Editeur : Gallaudet University Press,U.S., 2003
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