Sign language archaeology : understanding the historical roots of American sign language / Ted Supalla and Patricia Clark.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Washington : Gallaudet University Press, [2014]Description: viii, 270 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781563684937 (hardback)
  • 1563684934 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 2474 .S96298 2014
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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.

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