Table of Contents
Editorial Advisory Board
Foreword
Introduction
Sociolinguistic Variation and Sign Languages: A Framework for Research
Collecting and Analyzing an ASL Corpus
The Sociohistorical Context for ASL Variation
Phonological Variation 1: Variation in Handshape
Phonological Variation 2: Variation in Location
Grammatical and Social Conditioning of Phonological Variation
Syntactic Variation: Null Pronoun Variation in ASL Narratives
Lexical Variation
Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language
Appendix A: Transcription Conventions
Appendix B: Sign Variants
References
Index