People who first encounter sign language often ask if all deaf people sign the same language and are surprised to learn that there are different sign languages in different nations worldwide, as well as variations of these languages. One variation, B...

This introductory text celebrates another dimension of diversity in the United States Deaf community – variation in the way American Sign Language (ASL) is used by Deaf people all across the nation. The different ways people have of saying or signin...

The culmination of a seven-year project, this volume provides a complete description of American Sign Language (ASL) variation. For four decades, linguists have studied how people from varying regions and backgrounds have different ways of saying the...