{"product_id":"multilingualism-and-sign-languages-ceil-lucas-9781563682964","title":"Multilingualism and Sign Languages: From the Great Plains to Australia Volume 12","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 12th Volume in the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe latest entry in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series continues to mine the rich resources found in signing communities throughout the world. Divided into four parts, this collection features 16 internationally renowned linguistics experts whose absorbing studies reflect an astonishing range of linguistic diversity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sole essay in Part One: Multilingualism describes historic and contemporary uses of North American Indian Sign Language. Part Two: Language Contact examines language-contact phenomena between Auslan\/English interpreters and Deaf people in Australia, and the features of bimodal bilingualism in hearing, Italian, native signers. Part Three: Variation reports the results of a study on location variation in Australian Sign Language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Four: Discourse Analysis begins with an analysis of how deaf parents and their hearing toddlers establish and maintain sight triangles when conducting signed conversations. The ensuing chapter explores the use of evaluation within an informal narrative in Langue des Signes Québécoise. The final chapter explicates how a signer depersonalizes the concept of \"self\" in an American Sign Language narrative through the use of signs for \"he\" and \"I.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ceil Lucas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563682966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563682964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallaudet University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.40w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 155","brand":"Ceil Lucas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065708884223,"sku":"9781563682964","price":63.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd0e825d-7f6a-42ff-9736-6490912c9b07.jpg?v=1768676735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/multilingualism-and-sign-languages-ceil-lucas-9781563682964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}