The articles in Deaf around the World offer an introduction to deaf studies and the study of signed languages. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why go around the deaf world? Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli; 1.: Sign Languages: creation, context, form;1: Sign language geography Carol A. Padden; 1 Response: Some observations on research methodology in lexicostatistical studies of sign languages James Woodward; 2: Two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann; 2 Response: Some observations on form-meaning correspondences in two types of verbs in ASL Paul Dudis; 3: Sources of handshapeerror in first-time signers of ASL Deborah Chen Pichler; 3 Response: Modalityand language in the second language acquisition of American Sign Language Russell S. Rosen; 4: Getting to the point: How a simple gesture became a linguistic element in Nicaraguan signing Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola; 4 Response: A point well taken: On the typology and diachrony of pointing Roland Pfau; 5: Acquisition of topicalization in very late learners of LIBRAS: Degrees of resiliency in language Sandra K. Wood; 5 Response: A critical period for the acquisition of a theory of mind? Clues from homesigners Cyril Courtin; 6: Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: A preliminary description Angela M. Nonaka; 6 Response: Village sign languages - A commentary Ulrike Zeshan; 7: Sign languagehumour, human singularities, and the origins of language Donna Jo Napoli and Rachel Sutton-Spence; 7 Response: Gesture first or speech first in language origins? Adam Kendon; 2.: Social Issues/ Civil Rights; 8: Best practice for collaborating with deaf communities in developing countries Amy Wilson and NicksonKakiri; 8 Response: Deaf mobilization around the world: A personal perspective Yerker Andersson; 9: HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community: A Conversation Leila Monaghan and Deborah Karp; 9 Response: HIV AIDS and Deaf communities in South Africa: A conversation John Meletse and Ruth Morgan; 10: The language politics of Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa) Karen Nakamura; 10 Response: Pluralization: An alternative to JSL hegemony Soya Mori; 11: Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in China Jun Hui Yang; 11 Response: Social situations and the education of deaf children in India Madan M. Vasishta; 12: Do deaf children eat deaf carrots? Paul Scott; 12 First Response: 'We're the same, I'mDeaf, you're Deaf, huh!' Donna West
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973254-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés