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Abstract
Recent research in American Sign Language (ASL) has concentrated on demonstrating that ASL, a language channelled through the manual—visual modality, has linguistic properties similar to those of oral languages, except for physical sound. The absence of sound, however, really presents no theoretical problem since ASL has a formational level of structure analogous to, but not dependent on, the phonological component of oral languages (Stokoe 1960; Battison 1974). This paper will discuss a relatively new area of research in Sign linguistics, ethnic—social variation. Because of attitudes and educational policy, Black signers in the South have developed different varieties of signing from Whites. Concentrating primarily on Black signs in Georgia, this paper will discuss some of the lexical and formational (phonological) variation observed in old and young Black signers. (Sociolinguistic variation; sign languages; linguistic change; minority group languages.)
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Woodward (1976) named the linguistic difference of Black Deaf signers 'Black South Signing' and termed it stagnant due to maintenance of older signs no longer in standardized ASL.
“Woodward (1976) named the linguistic difference of Black Deaf signers 'Black South Signing' (p. 212) and termed it as stagnant due to the maintenance of older signs that no longer existed in standardized ASL.”
From “From White Deaf People’s Adversity to Black Deaf Gain”: A Proposal for a New Lens of Black Deaf Educational History (2020) · cites this paper as Woodward (1976)
Both Woodward (1976) and McCaskill et al. (2011) demonstrated the disadvantage white people had in researching, eliciting, and interviewing Black participants because they failed to recognize authentic Black ASL expressions.
“As indicated in both the historical and recent research methods, both Woodward (1976) and McCaskill et al. (2011) demonstrated the disadvantage white people had in researching, eliciting, and interviewing Black participants because they failed to recognize authentic Black ASL expressions.”
From “From White Deaf People’s Adversity to Black Deaf Gain”: A Proposal for a New Lens of Black Deaf Educational History (2020) · cites this paper as Woodward (1976)
After Woodward (1976), there was a great increase in the number of Deaf/Signing Black scholars studying 'Black ASL,' with more ontological studies.
“Regarding Black Deaf scholarship, after Woodward (1976), it is important to acknowledge a great increase in the number of Deaf/Signing Black scholars studying 'Black ASL,' with more ontological studies.”
From “From White Deaf People’s Adversity to Black Deaf Gain”: A Proposal for a New Lens of Black Deaf Educational History (2020) · cites this paper as Woodward, 1976
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“To make this research more Deaf-centric, this critical analysis 7 Watch “Signing Black in America” for more stories (Cullinan & Hutcheson, 2020). adds different types of literature from not only textual published work, but also ASLnarrated anecdotes.”
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- Authors
- Woodward, J. C.
- Affiliations
- Gallaudet University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Woodward, James C.
- Venue
- Language in Society
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1976-08
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 211-218
- ISSN
- 0047-4045 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8013
- OpenAlex
- W2166355229
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Language in Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
- Keywords
- American Sign Language, sociolinguistic variation, lexical variation, phonological variation, language change, minority languages, Georgia
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