What's Your Sign for Pizza?: An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language [With CDROM]

by Clayton Valli, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, et al.

Book Overview

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,"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563681447
• ISBN13: 9781563681448
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.5"