TY  - BOOK
AU  - Supalla,Ted
TI  - Sign language archaeology: understanding the historical roots of American sign language 
SN  - 9781563684937 (hardback)
AV  - HV 2474 .S96298 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Washington
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - American Sign Language
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index; Seminal work on "sign language archaeology" -- Seeking appropriate tools for studying historical change -- Conception of the language plan -- Who's who in the Gallaudet lecture film series -- Seeking historical links for an ASL lexicon -- Revisiting dactylology -- Reconstructing the history of ideas about sign language -- Rediscovering a literary legacy for the deaf American voice -- Fate of the NAD language plan and subsequent revival of ASL -- Emergent methodology for sign language etymology -- Development of morphology unique to ASL -- The impact of theory and practice on the deaf community
N2  - "This study investigates the origins of American Sign Language, its evolution from French Sign Language, and evidence about the word formation process of ASL,including data from the 19th and early 20th century dictionaries as well as the Gallaudet Lecture Films."--
ER  -