Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language : Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard.

From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha's Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born Deaf were so thoroug...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Groce, Nora E.
Autres auteurs: Whiting, John W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Sujets:
Deaf > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > History.
Deafness > Genetic aspects.
Sign language.
Personnes sourdes > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > Histoire.
Surdité > Aspect génétique.
Langage par signes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
Deaf
Deafness > Genetic aspects
Sign language
Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1.“They Were Just Like Everyone Elseâ€?
  • 2. The History of Marthaâ€?s Vineyard
  • 3. The Origins of Vineyard Deafness
  • 4. The Genetics of Vineyard Deafness
  • 5. The Island Adaptation to Deafness
  • 6. Growing Up Deaf on the Vineyard
  • 7. Deafness in Historical Perspective
  • 8. “Those People Werenâ€?t Handicappedâ€?
  • Appendix A. Oral and Written Sources
  • Appendix B. Perceived Causes of Vineyard Deafness
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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