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List of Figures and Tables |
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General Editors' Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1.1 Aim and readership of the book |
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1.1.1 A note on conventions |
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1.3 Authors' subjectivity, position and goals |
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Part I Key Concepts and Research Issues |
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2 Understanding Applied Sign Linguistics |
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2.1 Defining Deaf Studies |
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2.2 The sociocultural position of signed language and deaf people |
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2.2.1 Who are deaf people? |
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2.2.2 Who are deaf sign language users? |
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2.2.3 The role of education in the development of deaf sign language users |
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2.2.4 Contemporary position of sign languages |
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2.2.5 Contemporary position of deaf people |
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2.3 What is applied sign linguistics? |
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38 | (1) |
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2.4 The difference between sign linguistics and applied sign linguistics |
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2.5 The history of sign linguistics |
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2.6 The development of applied sign linguistics research and sign language practice professions |
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2.7 Understanding applied sign linguistics: concluding comments |
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3 Sign Language in Action |
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3.1 Sign language and identity |
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3.1.1 Language to talk about sign language and identity |
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51 | (4) |
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3.1.2 Focus on cultural identity |
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3.1.3 Sign language as identity |
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57 | (4) |
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3.1.4 Identity in shared signing communities |
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3.1.5 Hearing signers as intercultural interlopers |
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63 | (5) |
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3.1.6 Deaf intercultural interlopers |
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68 | (4) |
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3.2 Sign languages as embodied languages |
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3.3 Attitudes towards sign languages |
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3.3.1 Language attitudes within signing communities |
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3.4 Sign language policy and planning |
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3.4.1 Status sign language planning |
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3.4.2 Corpus sign language planning |
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3.4.3 Educational sign language planning |
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3.5 Sign language in action: concluding comments |
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Part II Practical Applications |
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4 Learning and Teaching Sign Languages |
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4.1 Acquiring a sign language as a first or preferred language |
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87 | (11) |
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4.1.1 Who is a native signer? |
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91 | (3) |
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4.1.2 Non-native deaf signers |
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94 | (2) |
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4.1.3 Cultural interlopers revisited: non-native hearing signers: learning a sign language as an L2 |
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4.2 Teaching and learning sign languages |
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4.3 What makes a successful sign language learner? |
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4.3.1 Learning to sign cross-culturally |
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4.3.2 Learning a sign language as a second language |
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4.4 Contexts of sign language teaching and learning |
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4.4.1 Curricula and teaching approaches |
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4.4.2 Assessment and evaluation |
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109 | (8) |
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4.5 Learning and teaching sign languages: concluding comments |
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5 Sign Language in Everyday Life |
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5.1 Where and how are sign languages used? |
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5.1.1 Sign language conversation and discourse |
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121 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Sign language narratives |
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122 | (6) |
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5.1.3 Child sign language |
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128 | (1) |
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5.1.4 Formal sign language |
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129 | (2) |
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5.2 Sign language at school |
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131 | (3) |
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5.3 Sign language and tertiary education |
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134 | (10) |
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5.3.1 Academic acceptance of sign languages |
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135 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Deaf students' access to tertiary education |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (6) |
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5.4 Sign language in the wider world |
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5.4.1 Sign language poetry and performance |
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144 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Sign language in legal settings |
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5.4.3 Sign language in medical and mental health settings |
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158 | (7) |
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5.4.4 Sign language on television |
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165 | (3) |
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5.4.5 Sign language in politics |
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168 | (4) |
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5.4.6 Sign language in the workplace |
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172 | (2) |
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5.5 Sign language in everyday life: concluding comments |
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174 | (2) |
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6 Sign Language in (Professional) Practice |
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6.1 Sign language brokers |
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176 | (8) |
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6.1.1 Hearing sign language brokers |
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180 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Deaf sign language brokers |
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182 | (2) |
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6.2 Sign language interpreting and translation |
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184 | (24) |
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6.2.1 What is professional sign language interpreting? |
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186 | (10) |
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6.2.2 Sign language interpreting practice |
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196 | (9) |
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6.2.3 Sign language translation as an emerging practice |
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205 | (3) |
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6.3 The relationship between sign language users and interpreters |
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208 | (7) |
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6.4 Sign language interpreter identity |
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215 | (6) |
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221 | (8) |
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6.5.1 Deaf interpreters and translators |
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222 | (3) |
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6.5.2 The impact of video technology |
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225 | (4) |
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6.6 Sign language in (professional) practice: concluding comments |
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229 | (4) |
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Part III Research into Applied Sign Linguistics |
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7 Conducting Research in Applied Sign Linguistics |
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7.1 Steps to conducting research |
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234 | (21) |
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7.1.1 Interest in a topic and defining research questions |
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235 | (4) |
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7.1.2 Conducting a literature review |
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239 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Data collection and participant recruitment |
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240 | (3) |
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7.1.4 Conducting ethical research |
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243 | (5) |
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7.1.5 Data annotation and analysis |
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248 | (6) |
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7.1.6 Dissemination of results |
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254 | (1) |
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7.2 Research topics in applied sign linguistics |
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255 | (8) |
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7.2.1 Young children's acquisition, development and use of sign languages |
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256 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Sign language in families |
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256 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Sign language in education |
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258 | (2) |
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7.2.4 Second language learners of sign languages: curricula and assessment |
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260 | (1) |
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7.2.5 Sign language in the workplace |
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261 | (1) |
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7.2.6 Sign language in everyday life |
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262 | (1) |
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7.3 Suggested research projects in applied sign linguistics |
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263 | (2) |
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7.3.1 Deaf Studies and deaf education |
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264 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Sign language teaching, learning and assessment |
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264 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Sign language discourse |
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264 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Sign language interpreting and translation |
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265 | (1) |
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7.4 Conducting research in applied sign linguistics: concluding comments |
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265 | (4) |
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Part IV Further Resources in Applied Sign Linguistics |
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269 | (8) |
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271 | (6) |
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8.2.4 Associations and organisations |
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Notes |
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References |
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Index |
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