Chapter 14
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Examples and Resources
| Page # | Callout # | Link | Description |
| 301 | 14.1 | http://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/deaf-sign-language | The World’s Sign Languages, from Ethnologue. |
| 304 | 14.2 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQtrPpkCRBM&feature=youtu.be | Video on ASL and language universals. |
| 307 | 14.3 | a)http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/t/tree.htm b) http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/e/elephant.htm |
ASL signs for: a) TREE b) ELEPHANT |
| 308 | 14.4 | http://www.fingerspellingalphabet.com/fingerspelling-chart-print-pdf-download | Fingerspelling chart. |
| 308 | 14.5 | http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/sentencetypes.htm | ASL sentence types. |
| 308 | 14.6 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Rsxe1I8ak | Video: ASL yes/no question formation. |
| 309 | 14.7 | http://www.deafjam.org | Deaf Jam, a documentary about ASL poetry. |
| 309 | 14.8 | http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/ | Article on ASL translation of music and lyrics: "How Do You Say Shaolin in Sign Language?" |
| 309 | 14.9 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20HjI9UNPKA | Video: Lydia Callis, ASL interpreter for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. |
| 309 | 14.10 | http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4285 | Eric Bakovic article, "It Just Looks so Much Better in Sign," from the Language Log. |
| 311 | 14.11 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sign-language-that-african-americans-use-is-different-from-that-of-whites/2012/09/17/2e897628-bbe2-11e1-8867-ecf6cb7935ef_story.html | “Sign Language that African Americans Use is Different from that of Whites,” from The Washington Post. |
| 311 | 14.12 | http://blackaslproject.gallaudet.edu/BlackASLProject/Welcome.html | The Black ASL Project page. |
| 313 | 14.13 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11lahuiHLA | Video: Pro-Tactile. |
| 313 | 14.14 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDXZCU4H1U | Video clip from Meet the Fockers. |
| 314 | 14.15 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDFwIH4Ds-Y | Video: "My First Signs." Examples of baby sign. |
| 314 | 14.16 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPvydkXBwEk | Video: press release on HSL with comparisons of HSL and ASL. |
| 316 | 14.17 | http://www.gallaudet.edu/150/celebrate/gallery_of_diplomas.html | Gallaudet’s Gallery of Diplomas. |
| 318 | 14.18 | http://beta.abcfamily.go.com/shows/switched-at-birth/index | Switched at Birth. |
| 320 | 14.19 | http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/cochlear.html | Information on Cochlear Implants, with illustrations. |
| 320 | 14.20 | http://profiles.arts.monash.edu.au/rob-sparrow/download/Deaf-Culture.pdf | Robert Sparrow's article, "Defending Deaf Culture: The Case of Cochlear Implants." |
| 320 | 14.21 | a) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/film/video.html b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ki4qo-Dfos |
Documentary -- Sound & Fury: a) PBS discussion and clips b) Full video |
| 321 | 14.22 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsYVeRuBuw | Video: Deaf Mosaic discussion of Deaf President Now. |
Flashcards
Suggested Reading
American Sign Language
Berg, L. (2012). The baby signing bible: Baby sign language made easy. New York, NY: Penguin.
Butterworth, R. R., & Flodin, M. (1995). The Perigee visual dictionary of signing (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Perigee.
Lucas, C. (Ed.). (2001). The sociolinguistics of sign languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lucas, C., & Valli, C. (2004). American Sign Language. In E. Finegan & J. R. Rickford (Eds.), Language in the U.S.A.: Themes for the twenty-first century (pp. 230-244). Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.McCaskill, C., Lucas, C., Bayley, R., & Hill, J. (2011). The hidden treasure of Black ASL: Its history and structure. Washington DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Napoli, D. J., Mai, M., & Gaw, N. (2011). Primary movement in sign languages: A study of six languages. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
Riekehof, L.L. (1987). The joy of signing, 2nd ed. Springfield, MO: Gospel.
Sternberg, M.L.A. (1981). American Sign Language: A comprehensive dictionary. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
Stewart, D.A., & Luetke-Stalman, B. (1998). The signing family: What every parent should know about sign communication. Washington, DC: Clerc Books.
Stokoe, W. C., Jr. (1960). Sign language structure: An outline of visual communication systems of the American Deaf. Studies in linguistics: Occasional paper 8. Buffalo, NY: University of Buffalo Linguistics Department.
Tennant, R.A., & Brown, M.G. (2010). The American Sign Language handshape dictionary, 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.