Language Contact in the American Deaf Community

by Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli

Book Overview

Started in 1986 as a project to simply describe the linguistic and sociolinguistic features of contact signing and to determine if this type of signing is aptly labeled a pidgin, this book blossomed in depth as the authors' data increased. The initial narrow goals of the book expanded and now project a much larger picture of language contact in the American deaf community."We were forced...to consider issues somewhat broader than those addressed by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0124580408
• ISBN13: 9780124580404
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"