Hearing and Deaf Signers on Providence Island.

Washabaugh, William

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Publication Date: 1979

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Hearing and Deaf Signers on Providence Island.

Washabaugh, William

Sign Language Studies, n24 p191-214 Fall 1979

Analyzes the structure of Providence Island Sign Language as affected by the interaction of deaf signers with hearing signers in the Providence Island community. (AM)

Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Deafness, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Intergroup Relations, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Models, Research, Second Language Learning, Siblings, Sign Language, Social Attitudes, Sociolinguistics, Syntax

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Language: English

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