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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Jul 01, 2009; ... THIS ISSUE of Sign Language Studies begins with two articles commemorating the ninetieth anniversary (July 21, 2009) of the birth of William C. Stokoe, the journal's founder, and the tenth anniversary of his passing (April 4, 2010). The articles are reprinted from The Study of Signed Languages, ...
William C. Stokoe and the Study of Signed Languages
Jul 01, 2009; ... The right man in the right place at the right time. THIS VOLUME CELEBRATES the work of William C. Stokoe, one of the most influential language scholars of the twentieth century. To understand his impact on both the educational fortunes of deaf people and on the science of language, it is ...
William C. Stokoe and the Gestural Theory of Language Origins
Jul 01, 2009; ... THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT Frank Lloyd Wright was once asked how he could conceive and oversee so many projects. He answered, "I can't get them out fast enough." Wright was not talking about buildings; he was talking about ideas. He couldn't get his ideas out fast enough. Bill Stokoe also ...
Gesture and the Nature of Semantic Phonology
Jul 01, 2009; ... Stokoe begins his seminal article on semantic phonology with the following complaint about the complexities of the sign phonologies that were emerging at the time (1991): Sign phonology can be as complicated as anyone wants to make it; in this respect it differs not at all from phonology ...
Deaf Children's Construction of Writing
Jul 01, 2009; ... High illiteracy rates among the Argentine deaf population, even after long years of schooling (Massone, Simón, and Gutiérrez 1999; Massone, Simón, and Druetta 2003), point to the need to revise certain approaches to deaf literacy, particularly in school settings. Qualitative change in deaf ...