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Peer reviewedCokely, Dennis – Sign Language Studies, 1983
Recent sociolinguistic research is used to show that the American Sign Language (ASL)-English contact situation does not result in the emergence of a pidgin as supposed. Variation along the ASL-English continuum can be accounted for by interplay of foreigner talk, judgments of proficiency, and learners' attempts to master the target language.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar
