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Author Supalla, Ted, author.

Title Sign language archaeology : understanding the historical roots of American sign language / Ted Supalla, Patricia Clark
Published Washington : Gallaudet University Press, [2014]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Seminal Work on ""Sign Lanugage Archaeology"" ; Chapter 2: Seeking Appropriate Tools for Studying Historical Change ; Chapter 3: Conception of the Language Plan; Chapter 4: Who's Who in the Gallaudet Lecture Film Series; Chapter 5: Seeking Historical Links for an ASL Lexicon; Chapter 6: Revisiting Dactylology ; Chapter 7: Reconstructing the History of Ideas about Sign Language ; Chapter 8: Rediscovering a Literary Legacy for the Deaf American Vote; Chapter 9: Fate of the NAD Language Plan and Subsequent Revival of ASL
Chapter 10: Emergent Methodology for Sign Language Etymology Chapter 11: Development of Morphology Unique to ASL ; Chapter 12: The Impace of Theory and Practice on the Deaf Community ; Bibliography ; Index
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"-- Provided by publisher
"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 19th and early 20th century dictionaries"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject American Sign Language -- History
Sign language.
Sign Language
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Sign Language.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
Sign language
American Sign Language
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014019343
ISBN 9781563684944
1563684942