Deaf around the World The Impact of Language [Paperback]

Deaf around the Worldis a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Introduction: Why Go around the Deaf World?Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli
Part I: Sign Languages: Creation, Ccontext, Form
1. Sign Language Geography,Carol A. Padden
Response: Some Observations on Research Methodology in Lexicostatistical Studies of Sign Languages,James Woodward
2. Two Types of Nonconcatenative Morphology in Signed Languages,Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann
Response: Some Observations on Form-Meaning Correspondences in Two Types of Verbs in ASL,Paul Dudis
3. Sources of Handshape Error in First-Time Signers of ASL,Deborah Chen Pichler
Response: Modality and Language in the Second Language Acquisition of American Sign Language,Russell S. Rosen
4. Getting to the Point: How a Simple Gesture Became a Linguistic Element in Nicaraguan Signing,Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola
Response: A Point Well Taken: On the Typology and Diachrony of Pointing,Roland Pfau
5. Acquisition of Topicalization in Very Late Learners of Libras: Degrees of Resiliency in Language,Sandra K. Wood
Response: A Critical Period for the Acquisition of a Theory of Mind? Clues from Homesigners,Cyril Courtin
6. Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: A Preliminary Description,