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This engrossing study investigates the infancy of American Sign Language (ASL). Authors Ted Supalla and Patricia Clark highlight the major events in ASL history, revealing much of what has not been clearly understood until now. According to tradition, ASL evolved from French Sign Language. The authors analyze the metalinguistic assumptions of these early accounts and also examine in depth a key set of films made by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) between 1910 and 1920.

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9781563684937

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"""This book provides an informative and compelling overview of early ASL that contributes to greater awareness and understanding of historical linguistics, literature, and sign language methodology used in deaf education. To scholars interested in the field of Deaf Studies and its related fields, this book is outstanding for its wealth of resources in research and teaching.""-- ""Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education"""

This book provides an informative and compelling overview of early ASL that contributes to greater awareness and understanding of historical linguistics, literature, and sign language methodology used in deaf education. To scholars interested in the field of Deaf Studies and its related fields, this book is outstanding for its wealth of resources in research and teaching. --Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

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Ted Supalla is Professor in the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Patricia Clark, a certified ASL/English interpreter, is an adjunct faculty member in the Program in American Sign Language at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, USA.

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