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A. Donald Evans and William W. Falk

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Learning to be Deaf

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© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Foreword V
Contents VII
Acknowledgements XI
Preface XIII
Chapter I. Deafness, Community, and Sign Language 1
Chapter II. Sociologies of Language, Schooling and the Deaf 19
Chapter III. Those without Language 37
Chapter IV. Signing as "Language" 63
Chapter V. The Institutional Side of Life: The Official Culture 89
Chapter VI. The Institutional Side of Life: The Student Culture 107
Chapter VII. Deafness and the Sense of Self 145
Chapter VIII. Theoretical Lessons 179
Chapter IX. Conclusions 201
Footnotes 211
Bibliography 213
Index of Names 223
Subject Index 225

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110846843-001

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Foreword V
Contents VII
Acknowledgements XI
Preface XIII
Chapter I. Deafness, Community, and Sign Language 1
Chapter II. Sociologies of Language, Schooling and the Deaf 19
Chapter III. Those without Language 37
Chapter IV. Signing as "Language" 63
Chapter V. The Institutional Side of Life: The Official Culture 89
Chapter VI. The Institutional Side of Life: The Student Culture 107
Chapter VII. Deafness and the Sense of Self 145
Chapter VIII. Theoretical Lessons 179
Chapter IX. Conclusions 201
Footnotes 211
Bibliography 213
Index of Names 223
Subject Index 225

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