The Study of Signed Languages: Essays in Honor of William C. StokoeGallaudet University Press, 2002 - 277 pages This text contains papers that were presented at an October 1999 conference at Gallaudet University in honor of the 80th birthday of William C. Stokoe, one of the most influential language scholars of the 20th century. Twenty-two international specialists contribute 12 chapters on the historical con |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Historical Observations on the Relationship | 35 |
Modality Effects and Conflicting Agendas | 53 |
Introduction | 85 |
How to | 100 |
William C Stokoe and the Gestural | 118 |
Introduction | 133 |
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