Seeing Language in Sign: The Work of William C. Stokoe

INDEX

INDEX Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, 16 American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, 8 American School for the Deaf, 8-9 American Sign Language (ASL), 42,81-82,91; dictionary (See Dictionary ofAmerican Sign Language); differences from signed English, 54; Gallaudet's use of, 93, 96-97, 122, 171; recognition of as language, 38, 55, 63-78, 80-81, 106, 114, 126, 143, 147; teaching of deaf students (See Education of deaf students) Are Men Equal? An Inquiry into the Meaning ofAmerican Democracy, 37 Armstrong, David, 169-70, 175-76 ASL (See American Sign Language) Attitudes toward academic potential of deaf students, 25-33; Bell's opinions, 14-17; Myklebust's opinions, 19-23; Stokoe's opinions, 54 Auerbach, Leon, I 34 Bagpipes, 41,59,85-86, 147 Baker-Shenk, Charlotte, I I I, 116-17, 121, 133, 142, 144-45, 148, 150- 60, 170 Battison, Robbin, 51,68,71,73, 78,85-86,91, Ill, 113, 117-19, 121, 133, 135-36, 142, 145 BBC, 174 Bebian, R.A., 141 Bell, Alexander Graham, 9-1 2, 14-17, 174 Bell, Alexander Melville, I I Bellugi, Ursula, 90-91, 110, 114, Il6-17, 142, 152 Benedict, Ruth, 127 Benson, Elizabeth, 43 Bicultural and bilingual education of deaf children, 125-30 Bienvenu, M.]., 121 Braidwoods, Thomas, Jr. and father, 7-9 Bravin, Phil, 176 Buffalo linguistics seminar, 56-57, 59-61 Buffand Blue, 47, 156 Calculus ofStructure, 62, 72-73, 105 Cambridge University, 139 Casterline, Dorothy Sueoka, 87-92, 96, 115, 176 Chirology, 67 Chomsky, Noam, 62-63, 71 [ 192] INDEX Chronicle ofHigher Education, 176 Clare College, Cambridge University, 139 Clarke School for Deaf Mutes, 9 Clerc, Laurent, 8-9 Cogswell, Alice, 7-8 Cokely, Dennis, 80, 109, 119, 121, 133, 139-40, 144, 148, 152-59, 170 Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 10 ComInission on Pedagogy of the Seventh Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, 125, 130, 173 Copenhagen University, 175 Cosmos Club, 134 Covington, Virginia, 98-99, 106-8, I 19, 159-60 Croneberg, Carl Go, 44-45,73, 86-90, 93-96, 176 Cued Speech, 114-15, 123-25, 148, 159 DASL (See Dictionary of American Sign Language) Deaf culture, 47, 82, 93-95, 125-30, 145-47, 158 DeafLife, 176 Deaf President Now Revolution, 2,4, 167-68 Deaf teachers, 17,26 Deaf Way Conference, 173 Detmold, George Ernst: change of Gallaudet president, effect, 103; friendship with and support of Stokoe, 33-34, 38, 47-50, 56, 73-77, 86, 90, 100-3, 149, 172, 175; hired by Gallaudet, 30-39; praise for, 56, 177; retirement, 149; revision and upgrade of curriculum, 47-50, 87; teaching philosophy, 36-37 Dictionary ofAmerican Sign Language (DASL): compiling, 86-90, 136, 17 1; Croneberg's essays in appendix, 93-95; notational system, 89,92; publication by Gallaudet College Press, 102; reactions to and influence of, 90-93,96, 142, 174; revision, 137 Eastman, Gil, 1,3,34,47,61, 71,93,115,144-45,175 Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, 174 Education of deaf students, 97-98, 148, 172 (See also Cued Speech; Gallaudet University; Oralism); ASL use, 125-30, 140; deaf teachers, 17, 26; philosophical approaches, 53 Elstad, Leonard Mo, 26, 28, 3°-31,77,87, 102-3 de I'Epee, Abbe, 8, 65-66 Erting, Carol]0' 12 I, 172 Fadiman, Anne, 159 Fant, Lou, 2, 24, 42, 66, 74-78, 92-93, 171 Festschrift essays, 142-45 Fowler, Sophia (See Gallaudet, Sophia Fowler) Friedman, Lynn, I I I, 117 Furth, Hans Go, 53 Fusfeld, Irving So, 27, 30-31 Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 10-13 Gallaudet, Sophia Fowler, 8, 10-11 Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, 7- 10 Gallaudet College Press, 102 Gallaudet University (See also Linguistics Research Laboratory); accreditation, 28-31, 49-So, S6-S7; administration's relationship with Stokoe, 102-9, III-IS, 130, 148-60, 166-67 (See also Detmold, George); ASL courses and use, 93, 96-97, 122, 171; English Department, 4, 33, 37-38, 47-49, S2, 96, 98- 100, 104-9; history prior to Stokoe's arrival, II, 26-33; honorary degree to Stokoe, 4-S, 169; Linguistics Department, 15 1, ISS-S7, IS9, 170; role in lives of deaf students, 2 S; Sim Com, adoption of use, I 39-40, 142, 148; sign language use, 42-44; split between oralism and sign language, 25; student shutdown...