This volume explores the grammatical and social contexts for borrowing from various spoken languages into their corresponding sign languages (e.g., from English

This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is situate

Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.

Language contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - starts with the emergence of multilingual p

The book is a unique collection of research on sign languages that have emerged in rural communities with a high incidence of, often hereditary, deafness. These