Deaf around the World

Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.

an extremely valuable publication which certainly delivers a global perspective on Deafhood

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHY GO AROUND THE DEAF WORLD? GAURAV MATHUR AND DONNA JO NAPOLI; 1: SIGN LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY CAROL A. PADDEN; 1 RESPONSE: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN LEXICOSTATISTICAL STUDIES OF SIGN LANGUAGES JAMES WOODWARD; 2: TWO TYPES OF NONCONCATENATIVE MORPHOLOGY IN SIGNED LANGUAGES GAURAV MATHUR AND CHRISTIAN RATHMANN; 2 RESPONSE: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON FORM-MEANING CORRESPONDENCES IN TWO TYPES OF VERBS IN ASL PAUL DUDIS; 3: SOURCES OF HANDSHAPE ERROR IN FIRST-TIME SIGNERS OF ASL DEBORAH CHEN PICHLER; 3 RESPONSE: MODALITY AND LANGUAGE IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE RUSSELL S. ROSEN; 4: GETTING TO THE POINT: HOW A SIMPLE GESTURE BECAME A LINGUISTIC ELEMENT IN NICARAGUAN SIGNING ANN SENGHAS AND MARIE COPPOLA; 4 RESPONSE: A POINT WELL TAKEN: ON THE TYPOLOGY AND DIACHRONY OF POINTING ROLAND PFAU; 5: ACQUISITION OF TOPICALIZATION IN VERY LATE LEARNERS OF LIBRAS: DEGREES OF RESILIENCY IN LANGUAGE SANDRA K. WOOD; 5 RESPONSE: A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A THEORY OF MIND? CLUES FROM HOMESIGNERS CYRIL COURTIN; 6: INTERROGATIVES IN BAN KHOR SIGN LANGUAGE: A PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION ANGELA M. NONAKA; 6 RESPONSE: VILLAGE SIGN LANGUAGES - A COMMENTARY ULRIKE ZESHAN; 7: SIGN LANGUAGE HUMOUR, HUMAN SINGULARITIES, AND THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE DONNA JO NAPOLI AND RACHEL SUTTON-SPENCE; 7 RESPONSE: GESTURE FIRST OR SPEECH FIRST IN LANGUAGE ORIGINS? ADAM KENDON; 8: BEST PRACTICE FOR COLLABORATING WITH DEAF COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AMY WILSON AND NICKSON KAKIRI; 8 RESPONSE: DEAF MOBILIZATION AROUND THE WORLD: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE YERKER ANDERSSON; 9: HIV/AIDS AND THE DEAF COMMUNITY: A CONVERSATION LEILA MONAGHAN AND DEBORAH KARP; 9 RESPONSE: HIV AIDS AND DEAF COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CONVERSATION JOHN MELETSE AND RUTH MORGAN; 10: THE LANGUAGE POLITICS OF JAPANESE SIGN LANGUAGE (NIHON SHUWA) KAREN NAKAMURA; 10 RESPONSE: PLURALIZATION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO JSL HEGEMONY SOYA MORI; 11: SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN IN CHINA JUN HUI YANG; 11 RESPONSE: SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN IN INDIA MADAN M. VASISHTA; 12: DO DEAF CHILDREN EAT DEAF CARROTS? PAUL SCOTT; 12 FIRST RESPONSE: "WE'RE THE SAME, I'M DEAF, YOU'RE DEAF, HUH!" DONNA WEST