Deaf Around the World

The articles in Deaf around the World offer an introduction to deaf studies and the study of signed languages.

Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.
Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why go around the deaf world? Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli
1.: Sign Languages: creation, context, form
1: Sign language geography Carol A. Padden
1 Response: Some observations on research methodology in lexicostatistical studies of sign languages James Woodward
2: Two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann
2 Response: Some observations on form-meaning correspondences in two types of verbs in ASL Paul Dudis
3: Sources of handshape error in first-time signers of ASL Deborah Chen Pichler
3 Response: Modality and language in the second language acquisition of American Sign Language Russell S. Rosen
4: Getting to the point: How a simple gesture became a linguistic element in Nicaraguan signing Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola
4 Response: A point well taken: On the typology and diachrony of pointing Roland Pfau
5: Acquisition of topicalization in very late learners of LIBRAS: Degrees of resiliency in language Sandra K. Wood
5 Response: A critical period for the acquisition of a theory of mind? Clues from homesigners Cyril Courtin
6: Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: A preliminary description Angela M. Nonaka
6 Response: Village sign languages - A commentary Ulrike Zeshan
7: Sign language humour, human singularities, and the origins of language Donna Jo Napoli and Rachel Sutton-Spence
7 Response: Gesture first or speech first in language origins? Adam Kendon
2.: Social Issues/ Civil Rights
8: Best practice for collaborating with deaf communities in developing countries Amy Wilson and Nickson Kakiri
8 Response: Deaf mobilization around the world: A personal perspective Yerker Andersson
9: HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community: A Conversation Leila Monaghan and Deborah Karp
9 Response: HIV AIDS and Deaf communities in South Africa: A conversation John Meletse and Ruth Morgan
10: The language politics of Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa) Karen Nakamura
10 Response: Pluralization: An alternative to JSL hegemony Soya Mori
11: Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in China Jun Hui Yang
11 Response: Social situations and the education of deaf children in India Madan M. Vasishta
12: Do deaf children eat deaf carrots? Paul Scott
12 First Response: "We're the same, I'm Deaf, you're Deaf, huh!" Donna West