Discourse in Signed Languages

Acknowledgments

xiii Acknowledgments No volume is complete without acknowledging those who made it possible. I thank Ceil Lucas and Kristin Mulrooney for the opportunity to be a guest editor for this volume, 17th in a series of outstanding volumes about the sociolinguistics of Deaf communities both here and abroad. I am especially grateful to Ceil Lucas, former series editor, who published my first research article, which was about discourse in ASL, and who has always encouraged the discourse analysis aspect of research on American Sign Language. This volume may not have been completed without the sage advice, reassurances, and patience of Ivey Pittle Wallace, editorial director of Gallaudet University Press. The contributors have all worked with me to produce this volume, and I thank each of them for their valuable contributions. All of these contributions will enrich and advance our understanding of the complexities of discourse within signed language communities. I would also like to thank members of the editorial advisory board and other reviewers, all of whom offered insightful comments and suggestions. I am particularly grateful to Elizabeth Winston who, over the years, has both sustained and inspired my own interest in the discourse analysis of ASL, and led the way with the volume she edited, Storytelling and Conversation: Discourse in Deaf Communities (Gallaudet University Press, 1999). Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 13 8/17/2011 1:53:06 PM Roy_FM_Pgs i-xx.indd 14 8/17/2011 1:53:06 PM ...