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In this book the editors bring together diverse issues and evidence in two related domains: bilingualism among deaf learners - in sign language and the written/spoken vernacular - and bilingual deaf education. The volume examines each issue with regard to language acquisition, l…
Examine the past and present models of interpreting by taking a journey from the early days of interpreting to today's professionalization of interpreters. The goal of this book is to further the understanding of all stakeholders -- to provide a basis from which you can determin…
"Stokoe recounts in Language in Hand how inspiration grew out of his original discovery in the 1950s and '60s that deaf people who signed were using a true language with constructions that did not derive from spoken English. This investigation calls upon decades of personal expe…
"Stokoe recounts in Language in Hand how inspiration grew out of his original discovery in the 1950s and '60s that deaf people who signed were using a true language with constructions that did not derive from spoken English. This investigation calls upon decades of personal expe…
A journey into the deaf-world
by Lane, Harlan L., Hoffmeister, Robert, Bahan, Benjamin J.
Looks at the world of the deaf in America and discusses deaf culture, the education of deaf children, useful technology, and the integration of deaf people into the society at large.
This volume offers the authors' insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf world, the community whose natural language, American Sign Language in the United States, is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into focus, the author…
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The metaphors and images us…
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among Deaf people. The metaphors and images us…
The present volume is an excellent introduction to the study of human nonverbal communication, including interaction and gesture, for students and specialists in other disciplines, as well as a convenient compilation of significant contributions to the field for experts. Part 1 …
