Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language

Cover......Page 1
Half-tilte......Page 4
Copyright ©......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 12
Introduction: Why Go around the Deaf World?......Page 22
PART I: SIGN LANGUAGES: CREATION, CONTEXT, FORM......Page 36
1 Sign Language Geography......Page 38
Response: Some Observations on Research Methodology in Lexicostatistical Studies of Sign Languages......Page 57
2 Two Types of Nonconcatenative Morphology in Signed Languages......Page 73
Response: Some Observations on Form-Meaning Correspondences in Two Types of Verbs in ASL......Page 102
3 Sources of Handshape Error in First-Time Signers of ASL......Page 115
Response: Modality and Language in the Second Language Acquisition of American Sign Language......Page 141
4 Getting to the Point: How a Simple Gesture Became a Linguistic Element in Nicaraguan Signing......Page 146
Response: A Point Well Taken: On the Typology and Diachrony of Pointing......Page 163
5 Acquisition of Topicalization in Very Late Learners of Libras: Degrees of Resilience in Language......Page 183
Response: A Critical Period for the Acquisition of a Theory of Mind? Clues from Homesigners......Page 203
6 Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: A Preliminary Description......Page 213
Response: Village Sign Languages: A Commentary......Page 240
7 Sign Language Humor, Human Singularities, and the Origins of Language......Page 250
Response: Gesture First or Speech First in Language Origins?......Page 270
PART II: SOCIAL ISSUES/CIVIL RIGHTS......Page 288
8 Best Practices for Collaborating with Deaf Communities in Developing Countries......Page 290
Response: Deaf Mobilization around the World: A Personal Perspective......Page 306
9 HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community: A Conversation......Page 316
Response: HIV/AIDS and Deaf Communities in South Africa: A Conversation......Page 326
10 The Language Politics of Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa)......Page 335
Response: Pluralization: An Alternative to the Existing Hegemony in JSL......Page 352
11 Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in China......Page 358
Response: Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in India......Page 371
12 Do Deaf Children Eat Deaf Carrots?......Page 378
First Response: “We’re the Same, I’m Deaf, You’re Deaf, Huh!”......Page 386
Second Response: Deafhood and Deaf Educators: Some Thoughts......Page 391
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