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Direct linkLee Orfila – Sign Language Studies, 2024
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) is an extinct village sign language hypothesized to be a sister of British Sign Language (BSL) and a significant contributor to early American Sign Language (ASL) (Groce 1985). After the last deaf MVSL signer died, signs were elicited from five hearing signers. This study analyzes that data through a series…
Descriptors: Sign Language, American Sign Language, Language Variation, Diachronic Linguistics
Peer reviewedSchlieben-Lange, Brigitte – Linguistics, 1977
Observations on the situation of Provencal based on a study of inhabitants of a small town in Provence. A situation leading to abandonment of a language is described. It is indicated that the dissociation of all defining elements of a language corresponds to the process of abandonment of the language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, French
Woodward, James; De Santis, Susan – 1975
Recent research in sociolinguistics has demonstrated the need for looking at language in a dynamic framework, that is, for not imposing the traditional synchronic-diachronic dichotomy on linguistic studies. Support for the dynamic framework has been given from various oral languages. This paper attempts to test variation theory with historically…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Diachronic Linguistics, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedPooley, Timothy – Journal of French Language Studies, 1994
Examines the variable distribution of word-final consonant devoicing (WFCD) among working-class speakers in the Roubaix district of northern France. WFCD is shown to affect coronals, labials, and velars in that order and to be favored by prepausal position. WFCD is primarily associated with female speakers over age 45. (40 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Lewis, E. Glyn – 1980
This volume combines a discussion of bilingual education in three parts of the world, the Soviet Union, the Celtic countries of Western Europe, and the United States, with an outline of a theory of bilingualism and bilingual education. The first part of the book investigates how various systems derive from different combinations of identical…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis
Download full textMatthey, Marinette, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 2001
Articles in this issue focus on language evolution, variation, and heterogeneity. The following are English translations of the French article titles appearing in the issue: "Irregular Phonetic Development Due to Frequency; Regional Traits in Proto-Romance"; "Linguistic Evolution and Evolution of Perspective in the Comparative…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Bilingualism, Creoles
de Greve, Marcel, Ed.; Rosseel, Eddy, Ed. – 1977
Papers on language difficulties encountered by migrant workers' children include: "Anomie in Bicultural Education" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "An Investigation into Bilingual Education for Children from Favoured Socio-Economic Backgrounds" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "Orientations of Foreign Children Relating to Placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Diachronic Linguistics
