Language attitudes in the American deaf community / Joseph Christopher Hill

Author:: Hill, Joseph Christopher
Published:: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

The sociolinguistics in deaf communities series

Contents:

Language attitudes -- The American deaf community -- Subjects and signing samples in the study -- Perceptions of signing -- Effect of social information on perceptions -- Evaluation of signing types -- Description of signing.

Summary:

Hill's analysis focuses on affective, cognitive, and behavioral types of evaluative responses toward particular language varieties, such as ASL, contact signing, and Signed English. His work takes into account the perceptions of these signing types among the social groups of the American Deaf community that vary based on generation, age of acquisition, and race. He also gauges the effects of social information on these perceptions and the evaluations and descriptions of signing that results from their different concepts of a signing standard. Language Attitudes concludes that the value of standard ASL will continue to rise and the Deaf/Hearing cultural dichotomy will remain relevant without the occurrence of a dramatic cultural shift.

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ISBN:

9781563685453
1563685450

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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