About this book

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. About this book VII
4. Part I
5. Forces shaping sign multilingualism 1
6. Repair in cross-signing: Trouble sources, repair strategies and communicative success 23
7. Two languages at hand – Code-switching in bilingual deaf signers 81
8. Stabilisation of the lexicon in an emerging jargon: The development of signs to express animate referents in a sign language contact situation 127
9. A minimalist perspective on code blending in TİD – Turkish bimodal bilingualism 171
10. Blending languages: Bimodal bilinguals and language synthesis 201
11. Methodological innovations in sign multilingualism research 227
12. Part II
13. Burundi Sign Language-Indian Sign Language bilinguals’ community of practice 261
14. A community profile of “sign-speakers” at the Indore Deaf Bilingual Academy 267
15. Micro-communities of practice: A case study of cross-signing participants in the UK 273
16. Micro-communities of practice: A case study of cross-signing participants in India 277
17. Community profile of an international group of sign language users: Linguistic and social aspects 283
18. Language Index 293
19. Subject Index 295