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" Deaf around the world : "
edited by Gaurav Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli
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BL
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711745
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b533934
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Deaf around the world : : the impact of language /\ edited by Gaurav Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2011
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1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) :: illustrations
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0199780889 (electronic bk.)
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: 9780199780884 (electronic bk.)
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0199732531
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019973254X
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9780199732531
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9780199732548
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: why go around the deaf world? / Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli -- Sign language geography / Carol A. Padden -- Response: some observations on research methodology in lexicostatistical studies of sign languages / James Woodward -- Two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages / Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann -- Response: some observations on form-meaning correspondences in two types of verbs in ASL / Paul G. Dudis -- Sources of handshape error in first-time signers of ASL / Deborah Chen Pichler -- Response: modality and language in the second language acquisition of American Sign Language / Russell s. Rosen -- Getting to the point: how a simple gesture became a linguistic element in Nicaraguan signing / Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola -- Response: a point well taken: on the typology and diachrony of pointing / Roland Pfau -- Acquisition of topicalization in very late learners of libras: degrees of resilience in language / Sandra K. Wood -- Response: a critical period for the acquisition of a theory of mind? Clues from homesigners / Cyril Courtin -- Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: a preliminary description / Angela M. Nonaka -- Response: village sign languages: a commentary / Ulrike Zeshan -- Sign language humor, human singularities, and the origins of language / Donna Jo Napoli and Rachel Sutton-Spence -- Response: gesture first or speech first in language origins? / Adam Kendon -- Best practices for collaborating with deaf communities in developing countries / Amy Wilson and Nickson Kakiri -- Response: deaf mobilization around the world: a personal perspective / Yerker Andersson -- HIV/AIDS and the deaf community: a conversation / Leila Monaghan and Deborah Karp -- Response: HIV/AIDS and deaf communities in South Africa: a conversation / John Meletse and Ruth Morgan -- The language of politics in Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa) / Karen Nakamura -- Response: pluralization: an alternative to the existing hegemony in JSL / Soya Mori -- Social situations and the education of deaf children in China / Jun Hui Yang -- Response: social situations and the education of deaf children in India / Madan M. Vasishta -- Do deaf children eat deaf carrots? / Paul Scott -- First response: "We're the same, I'm deaf, you're deaf, huh!" / Donna West -- Second response: Deafhood and deaf educators: some thoughts / Paddy Ladd
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| Abstract
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This text is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of deaf communities
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Deaf-- Means of communication.
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Sign language.
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419
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HV2474.D43 2011
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Mathur, Gaurav.
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Napoli, Donna Jo,1948-
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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