Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community

Informationen zum Autor Joseph C. Hill is a professor of Deaf Studies and linguistics and director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University. His research focuses on the sociohistorical and linguistic aspects of Black American Sign Language (BASL), language ideologies in the Deaf community, and social justice and equity in interpreting. Klappentext Hill's new study shows various contradictions in the use of signed languages by exploring the linguistic and social factors that govern such stereotypical perceptions of social groups about signing differences. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph C Hill, Joseph Christopher Hill
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2012
• EAN: 9781563685453
• ISBN: 978-1-56368-545-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Commu; Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities; Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities; Sociolinguistics in Deaf Commu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics