SIGN LANGUAGE ARCHAEOLOGY by Ted Supalla, Patricia Clark ( 9781563684937 )

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Title:

SIGN LANGUAGE ARCHAEOLOGY
UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

By:

Ted Supalla, Patricia Clark

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Hardback

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1563684934

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Publisher:

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S.

Pub. date:

28 February, 2015

Pages:

296

Description:

A study that investigates the infancy of American Sign Language (ASL). It highlights the major events in ASL history, analyzes the metalinguistic assumptions of these early accounts and also examine in depth a key set of films made by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) between 1910 and 1920.

Synopsis:

This engrossing study investigates the infancy of American Sign Language (ASL). Authors Ted Supalla and Patricia Clark highlight the major events in ASL history, revealing much of what has not been clearly understood until now. According to tradition, ASL evolved from French Sign Language. The authors analyze the metalinguistic assumptions of these early accounts and also examine in depth a key set of films made by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) between 1910 and 1920.

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104 figures, 8 tables

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Gallaudet University Press,U.S.

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