Discourse in Signed Languages

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Discourse in Signed Languages Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 1 8/17/2011 1:53:05 PM Kristin Jean Mulrooney, General Editor VOLUME 1 Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities VOLUME 2 Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities VOLUME 3 Deaf Children in Public Schools VOLUME 4 Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities VOLUME 5 Storytelling and Conversation: Discourse in Deaf Communities VOLUME 6 Bilingualism and Identity in Deaf Communities VOLUME 7 Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language VOLUME 8 Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed Languages VOLUME 9 Language and the Law in Deaf Communities VOLUME 10 To the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities VOLUME 11 The Rising of Lotus Flowers: Self-Education by Deaf Children in Thai Boarding Schools VOLUME 12 Multilingualism and Sign Languages: From the Great Plains to Australia VOLUME 13 Sign Languages in Contact VOLUME 14 Hearing, Mother Father Deaf: Hearing People in Deaf Families VOLUME 15 Extraordinary from the Ordinary: Personal Experience Narratives in American Sign Language VOLUME 16 Language Policy and Planning for Sign Languages VOLUME 17 Discourse in Signed Languages Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 2 8/17/2011 1:53:05 PM Discourse in Signed Languages Cynthia B. Roy, Editor G a L L a U D E t U n i V E r S i t y P r E S S Washington, DC Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 3 8/17/2011 1:53:05 PM Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities A Series Edited by Kristin Jean Mulrooney Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002 http://gupress.gallaudet.edu© 2011 by Gallaudet University All rights reserved. Published 2011 Printed in the United States of America ISBN 1-56368-511-6; 978-1-56368-511-8 ISSN 1080-5494 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 4 8/17/2011 1:53:06 PM This volume is dedicated to Dr. Ceil Lucas, the founding editor of the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series and Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University, in recognition of her enthusiasm, encouragement, and development of scholarly work in the discourse of signed languages everywhere. And, to my sister, Elizabeth Bilderback Guenzel You were always better at discourse than me 1952–2010 Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 5 8/17/2011 1:53:06 PM Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 6 8/17/2011 1:53:06 PM ...