Seeing Language in Sign: Work of William C. Stokoe - Hardcover

Maher, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156368053X ISBN 13: 9781563680533

Verlag: Gallaudet University Press,U.S., 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This biography tells the story of how one person completely reversed the reigning critical assessment of sign by providing that it was a true language with a full complement of linguistic components, thereby, revolutionizing the governing theories of all language research. William C. Stokoe's achievement was not easy, however, and he did not succeed overnight. Without a specific linguistics background, his observations were met with amusement in some quarters and outright scorn in others by hearing and deaf authorities alike. Stokoe's total commitment without self-agrandizement, however enabled him to persevere through the years. The book describes his efforts, and shows how he launched new thought on linguistics in general, and also instilled pride in deaf people in the USA in their newly recognized native American Sign Language.

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Jane Maher is Assistant Professor in the Basic Education Program at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 156368053X
• ISBN 13: 9781563680533
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
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