Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781563681134
Linguists Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli and a host of other researchers have taken the techniques used to study the regional variations in speech (such as saying "hwhich" for "which") and have applied them to American Sign Language. Discover how the same driving social factors affect signs in different regions in Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language.
Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,59 MB
Release : 2001-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521794749
This is an accessible introduction to the major areas of sociolinguistics as they relate to sign languages and deaf communities. Clearly organised, it brings together a team of leading experts in sign linguistics to survey the field, and covers a wide range of topics including variation, multilingualism, bilingualism, language attitudes, discourse analysis, language policy and planning. The book examines how sign languages are distributed around the world; what occurs when they come in contact with spoken and written languages; and how signers use them in a variety of situations. Each chapter introduces the key issues in each area of inquiry and provides a comprehensive review of the literature. The book also includes suggestions for further reading and helpful exercises. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages will be welcomed by students in deaf studies, linguistics and interpreter training, as well as spoken language researchers, and researchers and teachers of sign language.
Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781563681448
Lucas, Valli (both Gallaudet U.) and Bayley (U. of Texas, San Antonio) present materials designed to introduce members of the Deaf community and the general public to the sociolinguistic variation in American Sign Language (ASL). These materials are a part of the resulting products from a seven-year
Author : Ceil Lucas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107051940
This book provides an up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages.
Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139500937
The most comprehensive overview available, this Handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twentieth century. At the same time face-to-face communication is still the main force of language identity, even if social and peer networks of the traditional face-to-face nature are facing stiff competition of the Facebook-to-Facebook sort. The most authoritative guide to the state of the field, this handbook shows that sociolinguistics provides us with the best tools for understanding our unfolding evolution as social beings.
Author : Maartje De Meulder
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1788924029
This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18 studies from communities across Europe, the US, South America, Asia and New Zealand. They set sign language legislation within the national context of language policies in each country and show patterns of intersection between language ideologies, public policy and deaf communities’ discourses. The chapters are grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns. Each one describes a deaf community’s expectations and hopes for legal recognition and the type of sign language legislation achieved. The chapters also discuss the strategies used in achieving the passage of the legislation, as well as an account of barriers confronted and surmounted (or not) in the legislative process. The book will be of interest to language activists in the fields of sign language and other minority languages, policymakers and researchers in deaf studies, sign linguistics, sociolinguistics, human rights law and applied linguistics.
Author : Diane Brentari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107113474
Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.
Author : Penelope Eckert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521597890
This study of sociolinguistic variation examines the relation between social identity and ways of speaking. Studying variations in language not only reveals a great deal about speakers' strategies with respect to variables such as social class, gender, ethnicity and age, it also affords us the opportunity to observe linguistic change in progress. The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation. Beginning with an introduction to theoretical issues, the book goes on to discuss key approaches to stylistic variation in spoken language, including such issues as attention paid to speech, audience design, identity construction, the corpus study of register, genre, distinctiveness and the anthropological study of style. Rigorous and engaging, this book will become the standard work on stylistic variation. It will be welcomed by students and academics in sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology, anthropology and sociology.
Author : Robert Bayley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0190233745
This major new survey of sociolinguistics identifies gaps in our existing knowledge base and provides directions for future research.
Author : Sali A. Tagliamonte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139451324
The study of how language varies in social context, and how it can be analyzed and accounted for, are the key goals of sociolinguistics. Until now, however, the actual tools and methods have been largely passed on through 'word of mouth', rather than being formally documented. This is the first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation. It shows step-by-step how the analysis is carried out, leading the reader through every stage of a research project from start to finish. Topics covered include fieldwork, data organization and management, analysis and interpretation, presenting research results, and writing up a paper. Practical and informal, the book contains all the information needed to conduct a fully-fledged sociolinguistic investigation, and includes exercises, checklists, references and insider tips. It is set to become an essential resource for students, researchers and fieldworkers embarking on research projects in sociolinguistics.
