TY - BOOK AU - McCaskill,Carolyn TI - The hidden treasure of Black ASL: its history and structure SN - 1563684896 AV - HV2545 .H53 2011 U1 - 419.707 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Gallaudet University Press KW - American Sign Language KW - African Americans KW - Deaf KW - United States KW - Nonfiction films KW - lcgft KW - Educational films KW - Instructional films N1 - Accompanied by: 1 videodisc (DVD); Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-181) and index; Introduction -- The sociohistorical foundation of Black ASL -- Research methods -- Signers' perceptions of Black ASL -- Phonological variation -- Variation in syntax and discourse -- The effects of language contact -- Lexical variation -- Conclusions ER -