The sociolinguistics of sign languages - Lucas, Ceil. (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001)
Machine generated contents note: I Introduction -- CEIL LUCAS -- 2 Multilingualism: The global approach to sign languages -- BENCIE WOLL, RACHEL SUTTON-SPENCE -- AND FRANCES BLTON -- 3 Bilingualism and language contact -- JEAN ANN -- 4 Sociolinguistic variation -- CEIl. LUCAS, ROBERT BAYLEY, CLAYTON VALLI, -- MARY ROSE AND ALYSSA WULF -- 5 Discourse analysis -- MELANIE METZGER AND BEN BAHAN -- 6 Language planning and policy -- TIMOTHY REAGAN -- 7 Language attitudes -- SARAH BURNS, PATRICK MATTHEWS -- AND EVELYN NOLAN-CONROY -- Bibliography -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-248) and index.
Keywords: Sign language; Deaf -- Means of communication; Sociolinguistics