Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities

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Contents Editorial Advisory Board, vii Contributors, viii Introduction, ix PART ONE: VARIATION A Preliminary Examination of Pinky Extension: Suggestions regarding Its Occurrence, Constraints, and Function, 3 Rob Hoopes What Happens in Tactile ASL? 18 Steven Collins and Karen Petronio PART TWO: LANGUAGES IN CONTACT Grammatical Constraints on Fingerspelled English Verb Loans in BSL, 4I Rachel Sutton-Spence Contact between a Sign Language and a Written Language: Character Signs in Taiwan Sign Language, 59 Jean Ann PART THREE: LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION The Relationship of Educational Policy to Language and Cognition in Deaf Children, 103 Priscilla Shannon Gutierrez PART FOUR: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Conversational Repairs in ASL, 137 Valerie L. Dively Eye Gaze and Pronominal Reference in American Sign Language, 170 Melanie Metzger Spatial Mapping and Involvement in ASL Storytelling, 183 Susan Mather and Elizabeth A. Winston PART FIVE: SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING An Acculturation Model for Learners of ASL, 213 Mike Kemp PART SIX: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES Irish Sign Language: Ireland's Second Minority Language, 233 Sarah E. Burns Index, 275 ...