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Pinky extension and eye gaze : language use in deaf communities /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lucas, Ceil
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 1998.
Series:Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series. v. 4.
Subjects:
Deaf > Means of communication.
Deaf > Social life and customs.
Sign language > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Table of Contents:
  • A preliminary examination of pinky extension : suggestions regarding its occurrence, constraints, and function / Rob Hoopes
  • What happens in tactile ASL? / Steven Collins and Karen Petronio
  • Grammatical constraints on fingerspelled English verb loans in BSL / Rachel Sutton-Spence
  • Contact between a sign language and a written language : character signs in Taiwan sign language / Jean Ann
  • The relationship of educational policy to language and cognition in deaf children / Priscilla Shannon Gutierrez
  • Conversational repairs in ASL / Valerie L. Dively
  • Eye gaze and pronominal reference in American sign language / Melanie Metzger
  • Spatial mapping and involvement in ASL storytelling / Susan Mather and Elizabeth A. Winston
  • An acculturation model for learners of ASL / Mike Kemp
  • Irish sign language : Ireland's second minority language / Sarah E. Burns.