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Sign Languages in Contact (Hardcover, First)
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Sign Languages in Contact (Hardcover, First)
Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities, v. 13
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"The 13th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities
Series" This volume collects for the first time various accounts of
contact between sign languages throughout the world, presenting an
exciting opportunity to further understand the structural and
social factors of this linguistic component in Deaf communities.
Editor David Quinto-Pozos has divided "Sign Languages in Contact"
into four parts, starting with Contact in a Trilingual Setting. The
sole essay in this section features a study of Maori signs by
Rachel McKee, David McKee, Kirsten Smiler, and Karen Pointon that
reveals the construction of indigenous Deaf identity in New Zealand
Sign Language. In Part Two: Lexical Comparisons, Jeffrey Davis
conducts an historic, linguistic assessment of varieties of North
American Indian sign languages. Daisuke Sasaki compares the
Japanese Sign Language lexicon with that of Taiwan Sign Language by
focusing on signs that share the same meaning and all parameters
except for their handshapes. Judith Yoel's chapter takes up the
entirety of Part Three: Language Attrition, with her analysis of
the erosion of Russian Sign Language among immigrants to Israel.
The final part describes how educators and other "foreign"visitors
can influence indigenous sign languages. Karin Hoyer delineates the
effects of international sign and gesture on Albanian Sign
Language. Jean Ann, Wayne H. Smith, and Chiangsheng Yu close this
significant collection by assessing contact between Mainland
China's sign language and Taiwan Sign Language in the Ch'iying
School in Taiwan.
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