Sign languages in contact

• Other Authors: Quinto-Pozos, David.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2007.
• Series: Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 13.
• Subjects: Sign language.; Deaf > Means of communication.; Bilingualism.; Sociolinguistics.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Sign Language.; Langage par signes.; Sourds > Moyens de communication.; Sociolinguistique.; Gebarentaal.; Taalcontact.; Gebärdensprache.; Electronic books.
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"The 13th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series" This volume collects for the first time various accounts of contact between sign languages throughout the world, presenting an exciting opportunity to further understand the structural and social factors of this linguisti...

Table of Contents:

• Editor's introduction: outlining considerations for the study of signed language contact / D. Quinto-Pozos
• Contact in a trilingual setting
• Lexical comparisons
• Language attrition
• Foreign assistance and language contact.