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Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community
Joseph Christopher Hill
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Description for Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community
Hardcover. Conventional wisdom dictates that individuals who learn American Sign Language (ASL) at a young age possess a higher level of proficiency than those who acquire ASL later, the author shows how diversity in the deaf community belies such generalization. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 halftones, 25 tables, 45 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFG; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Conventional wisdom dictates that individuals who learn American Sign Language (ASL) at a young age possess a higher level of proficiency than those who acquire ASL later, but Joseph Christopher Hall shows how diversity in the deaf community belies such generalization. Hall dissects affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to ASL, Signed English, and contact signing across variables of generation, race, and age of language acquisition to identify differing conceptions of a signing standard that, in turn, results in differing perceptions of language proficiency.
Conventional wisdom dictates that individuals who learn American Sign Language (ASL) at a young age possess a higher level of proficiency than those who acquire ASL later, but Joseph Christopher Hall shows how diversity in the deaf community belies such generalization. Hall dissects affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to ASL, Signed English, and contact signing across variables of generation, race, and age of language acquisition to identify differing conceptions of a signing standard that, in turn, results in differing perceptions of language proficiency.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781563685453
SKU
V9781563685453
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About Joseph Christopher Hill
Joseph Christopher Hill is assistant professor and coordinator of the ASL Teacher Licensure Program at the University of North Carolina at Greenaboro. He is coauthor of The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure, also published by Gallaudet University Press.
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