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

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
Casa editrice: Gallaudet Univ Pr, 2019

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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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Informazioni sull?autore

Ceil Lucas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Robert Bayley is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis.

Clayton Valli was an assistant professor in the Masters Interpreting Program at Gallaudet University.

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Editore
Gallaudet Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1563685728
ISBN 13 
9781563685729
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
189
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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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
Casa editrice: Gallaudet Univ Pr, 2003
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