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Noschese, Emily Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation presents the judgment of what is 'correct' American Sign Language (ASL) structure by the younger generation, using the word order strategies that were used in older generation signers, as well as younger generation attitudes towards the ideology of ASL being a SOV language. This study used an on-line survey to evaluate 83…
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Attitudes, American Sign Language, Word Order
Ben Said, Slim Ben Slimane – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This ethnographic study of linguistic landscape (LL) (Landry & Bourhis, 1997), describes the urban multilingual practices of Tunisia as evidenced by its policy statements, street signage, and local perceptions. Data for this investigation were collected primarily from publicly visible signage in both the capital city (Tunis), and in the suburb…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Usage, Language Planning, Linguistics