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The hidden treasure of Black ASL : its history and structure / Carolyn McCaskill [and others] ; in collaboration with Roxanne King, Pamela Baldwin, Randall Hogue.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCaskill, Carolyn.
- Language:
- English
- Sign languages
- Subjects (All):
- American Sign Language.
- African Americans.
- Deaf people--United States.
- Deaf people.
- Sign Language.
- Black or African American.
- Persons With Hearing Impairments.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sign Language.
- Black or African American.
- Persons With Hearing Impairments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- DVD is in American Sign Language with English voiceover and with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- McCaskill (American Sign Language and deaf studies), Ceil Lucas (linguistics, both Gallaudet U.), Robert Bayley (linguistics, U. of California-Davis), and Joseph Hill (specialized education, U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) present a book and video disk exploring Black American Sign Language (ASL). They describe the socio-historical reality that made a separate variety of ASL possible, and the features of what is called Black ASL. They also investigate whether Black ASL displays the same kinds of features that have been identified for African American English. Finally, they look for unique features of the variety and analyze the linguistic and social factors that condition their use Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The sociohistorical foundation of Black ASL
- Research methods
- Signers' perceptions of black asl
- Phonological variation
- Variation in syntax and discourse
- The effects of language contact
- Lexical variation
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-181) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781944838744
- 1944838740
- Publisher Number:
- 99986545555
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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