Ceil Lucas (ed.)

The Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages

Herausgeber: Lucas, Ceil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible introduction to the major areas of sociolinguistics as they relate to sign languages and deaf communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521794749
• ISBN-10: 0521794749
• Artikelnr.: 22253095

Autorenporträt

Ceil Lucas is Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University. She is the co-author (with Clayton Valli) of The Linguistics of ASL, and of Language Contact in the American Deaf Community (also with Clayton Valli), both published in 1992.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Ceil Lucas
2. Multilingualism - the global approach to sign languages Bencie Woll, Rachel Sutton-Spence and Frances Elton
3. Bilingualism and language contact Jean Ann
4. Sociolinguistic variation Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli, Mary Rose and Alyssa Wulf
5. Discourse analysis Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan
6. Language planning and policy Timothy Reagan
7. Language attitudes Sarah Burns, Pat Matthews and Evelyn Nolan.