Description: Linguists Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli and a host of other researchers have taken the techniques used to study the regional variations in speech (such as saying "hwhich" for "which") and have applied them to American Sign Language. Discover how the same driving social factors affect signs in different regions in Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language.
Brief description: Ceil Lucas is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.
Review Quotes: A major contribution to the growing literature on the linguistics and sociolinguistics of ASL, an incredibly valuable first word on variation in ASL.