Significant gestures : a history of American Sign Language

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    • Tabak, John

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Significant gestures : a history of American Sign Language

John Tabak

Praeger Publishers, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Tabak has created a fascinating exploration of a unique and uniquely beautiful North American language. The story begins in 18th century France in the first schools to use signed language as the language of instruction. Early in the 19th century a few individuals introduced a variant of this language into the United States and developed an educational system in which to use it. Out of these schools come members of a new American social class, the Deaf—with a capital D—who, united by a common signed language, create institutions through which they can participate in society on terms equal to those of other constituent groups. This strategy proved extremely controversial among all but the Deaf. The controversy lasted a century, during which time American Sign Language evolved along racial lines and in response to the pressures of those who sought to eliminate the use of American Sign Language. Today, new ideas in art, science, and education have supplanted much of the old opposition to American Sign Language and Deaf culture. New legislation and new technologies have also had profound effects on the lives of American Deaf. As a consequence, American Sign Language is evolving faster than ever before.

目次

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Methodological Signs and the Roots of American Sign Language CHAPTER 2 The Natural Language of Signs CHAPTER 3 Experiment in Television and the Last of the Great Anti-American Sign Language Debates CHAPTER 4 The Language of the Deaf CHAPTER 5 Race, Deafness, and American Sign Language CHAPTER 6 A Language Like Any Other CHAPTER 7 Modern Ideas about Modality CHAPTER 8 The Deafblind and American Sign Language CHAPTER 9 Some Contemporary Trends Affecting American Sign Language AFTERWORD The Future of American Sign Language NOTES INDEX

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