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This introductory text celebrates another dimension of diversity in the United States Deaf community -- variation in the way American Sign Language (ASL) is used by Deaf people all across the nation. The different ways people have of saying or signing the same thing defines variation in language.

ASL. --- American sign language. --- Amerikansk døvetegnsprog. --- Amerikansk tegnsprog. --- Døvetegnsprog. --- Tegnsprog.

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Metaphor. --- American Sign Language. --- Parabole --- Figures of speech --- Reification --- American Sign Language --- AMESLAN (Sign language) --- ASL (Sign language) --- Sign language

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"The author seeks to understand the relationship between American Sign Language use and Deaf identity using the tools of linguistic anthropology"-- "The term deaf often sparks heated debates about authority and authenticity. The concept of Deaf identity and affiliation with the DEAF-WORLD are constantly negotiated social constructions that rely heavily on the use of American Sign Language. However, given the incredible diversity of Deaf people, these constructions vary widely. From Deaf people born into culturally Deaf families and who have used ASL since birth, to those born into hearing families and for whom ASL is a secondary language (if they use it at all), to hearing children of Deaf adults whose first language is ASL, and beyond, the criteria for membership in the Deaf community is based on a variety of factors and perspectives. Bryan K. Eldredge seeks to more precisely understand the relationship between ASL use and Deaf identity using the tools of linguistic anthropology. In this work, he presents research resulting from fieldwork with the Deaf community of Utah Valley. Through informal interactions and formal interviews, he explores the role of discourse in the projection and construction of Deaf identities and, conversely, considers how ideas about language affect the discourse that shapes identities. He finds that specific linguistic ideologies exist that valorize some forms of language over others and that certain forms of ASL serve to establish a culturally Deaf identity. My Mother Made Me Deaf demonstrates that the DEAF-WORLD consists of a multitude of experiences and ways of being even as it is bound together by certain essential elements that are common to Deaf people"--

Pragmatics --- Sociolinguistics --- Sign language --- American Sign Language. --- Deaf --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. --- American Sign Language --- AMESLAN (Sign language) --- ASL (Sign language) --- Social conditions.

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Semiotics --- American Sign Language. --- Sign language. --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Gebarentaal --- American Sign Language --- Sign language --- Deaf --- Gesture language --- Language and languages --- Gesture --- Signs and symbols --- AMESLAN (Sign language) --- ASL (Sign language)

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"The general stereotype regarding interaction between American Sign Language and English is a model of oversimplification: ASL signers are direct and English speakers are indirect. In this study, Jack Hoza upends this common impression through an in-depth comparison of the communication styles between these two language communities."--Jacket.

#KVHA:Taalkunde; Gebarentaal --- #KVHA:Beleefdheid; Amerikaanse gebarentaal --- American Sign Language. --- Amerikaans. --- Beleefdheidsvorm. --- Gebarentaal. --- Linguistics. --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Sign Language --- Verenigde Staten. --- American Sign Language --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- AMESLAN (Sign language) --- ASL (Sign language) --- Sign language