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050	0	0	_aHV2534.S76 _bM35 1996
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100	1		_aMaher, Jane, _d1947- _eauthor. _9400847
245	1	0	_aSeeing language in sign : _bthe work of William C. Stokoe / _cby Jane Maher ; foreword by Oliver Sacks.
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bGallaudet University Press, _c1996.
300			_axviii, 195 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
520			_aIn 1995 William C. Stokoe arrived at Gallaudet College (later Gallaudet University) to teach English, specifically Chaucer. His own education in Old and Middle English, however, triggered a disparate response within him when he was first exposed to deaf people signing. While most of his colleagues conformed to current conventional theory and dismissed signing as mere mimicry of speech, Stokoe saw in it elements of a distinctive language all its own. Seeing Language in Sign traces the process that Stokoe followed to prove scientifically and unequivocally that American Sign Language (ASL) met the full criteria of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and use of language - to be classified a fully developed language. This perceptive account dramatically captures the struggle Stokoe faced in persuading the establishment of the truth of his discovery. Other faculty members ridiculed or reviled him, and many deaf members of the Gallaudet community laughed at his efforts. Seeing Language in Sign rewards the reader with a rich portrayal of an undaunted advocate who, like a latter-day Galileo, pursued his vision of doggedly regardless of relentless antagonism. He established the Linguistics Research Laboratory, then founded the journal Sign Language Studies to sustain an unpopular dialogue until the tide changed. His ultimate vindication corresponded with the recognition of the glorious culture and community that revolves around Deaf people and their language, American Sign Language.
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600	1	0	_aStokoe, William C. _9311652
650		0	_aTeachers of the deaf _zUnited States _vBiography _9598977
650		0	_aLinguists _zUnited States _vBiography _9592758
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