Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities

This volume's ten meticulously prepared chapters reflect the refinements of research in six major sociolinguistic areas. Rob Hoopes' work, "A Preliminary Examination of Pinky Extension: Suggestions Regarding Its Occurrence, Constraints, and Function", commences Part One: Variation with a sound explanation of this American Sign Language (ASL) phonological characteristic. Part Two: Languages in Contact includes findings by Jean Ann on contact between Taiwanese Sign Language and written Taiwanese.<…