The Sociologuistics of the Deaf Community.

Abstract

C. Lucas, Introduction. Variation and Language Contact C. Lucas and C. Valli, Language Contact in the American Deaf Community. R.E. Johnson and C. Erting, Ethnicity and Socialization in a Classroom for Deaf Children. J. Davis, Distinguishing Language Contact Phenomena in ASL Interpretation. A.J. Aramburo, Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Black Deaf Community. Language Policy C.L. Ramsey, Language Planning in Deaf Education. E.A. Winston, Transliteration: What's the Message?. S.A. Mather, Visually Oriented Teaching Strategies with Deaf Preschool Children. Language Attitudes B. Kannapell, An Examination of Deaf College Students' Attitudes toward ASL and English. J.W. Trotter, An Examination of Language Attitudes of Teachers of the Deaf. Discourse Analysis C.B. Roy, Features of Discourse in an American Sign Language Lecture. J. Zimmer, Toward a Description of Register Variation in American Sign Language. E. Nowell, Conversational Features and Gender in ASL. Index.