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Hearing and Deaf Signers on Providence Island.
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Washabaugh, William – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Analyzes the structure of Providence Island Sign Language as affected by the interaction of deaf signers with hearing signers in the Providence Island community. (AM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Deafness, Discourse Analysis
The Deaf of Grand Cayman, British West Indies.
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Washabaugh, William – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Argues for the existence of two types of communities other than the diglossic deaf communities--isolated and developing deaf communities. The history, sign language and finger spelling of the Grand Cayman deaf community are discussed. As the deaf community develops, it is thinning out and breaking up. (PJM)
Descriptors: Deafness, Diglossia, Finger Spelling, Language Attitudes
The Manu-Facturing of a Language.
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Washabaugh, William – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Discusses Providence Island Sign Language (PSL), an autochthonous and relatively immature language of about 20 speakers. It is a nascent and evolving language whose description can produce rich results for linguistic theory. Such a description will also be an explanation of the phylogeny of a linguistic system. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Deafness, Dialects, Semantics, Sign Language
The Organization and Use of Providence Island Sign Language.
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Washabaugh, William – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Discusses the ways in which the lexical items, grammatical code, and the uses of the vernacular sign language, Providence Sign Language (PSL), are interdependent and based on content rather than on an arbitrary, internally defined system. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Grammar