What's Your Sign for Pizza? An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language

Author/creator Lucas, Ceil Author
Other author Bayley, Robert 1943- Author
Other author Valli, Clayton Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington : Gallaudet University Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description176 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation "What's Your Sign for Pizza derives from an extensive seven-year research project in which more than 200 Deaf ASL users representing different age, gender, and ethnic groups from seven different regions were videotaped sharing their signs for everyday vocabulary. This useful text and its accompanying CD begins with an explanation of the basic concepts of language and the structure of sign language, since sign variation abides by the rules governing all human languages. Each part of the text concludes with questions for discussion, and the final section offers three supplemental readings that provide further information on variation in both spoken and signed languages. What's Your Sign for Pizza also briefly sketches the development of ASL, which explains the relationships between language varieties throughout the country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003049210
ISBN9781563681448
ISBN1563681447 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9781563681448
Stock number00010351

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