Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Code-mixing in signs and words in input to and output from children 1
7. Does the knowledge of a natural sign language facilitate Deaf children's learning to read and write? Insights from French Sign Language and written French data 29
8. Bilingualism and deafness: Correlations between deaf students' ability to use space in Quebec Sign Language and their reading comprehension in French 51
9. Why variation matters: On language contact in the development of L2 written German 73
10. Deaf and hearing children: Reading together in preschool 137
11. Can signed language be planned? Implications for interpretation in Spain 165
12. Language use and awareness of deaf and hearing children in a bilingual setting 195
13. Sign bilingualism in Spanish deaf education 223
14. Ideologic signs in Deaf education discourse 277
15. Sign language and oral/written language in Deaf education in China 297
16. Sign bilingualism: Language development, interaction, and maintenance in sign language contact situations 333
17. Index 381