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Session 3- Formality Registers in BSL Required
reading Zimmer J (1989) Toward a Description of
Register Variation in American Sign Language. In C Lucas (ed) The Sociolinguistics of
the deaf community. San Diego: Academic
Press. (pp 253-272) (photocopy is available for loan) Recommended reading Joos M (1968) The Isolation of Styles. In J Fishman (ed) Readings in the sociology of
language. The Hague: Mouton. Fasold R (1984) The Sociolinguistics of
Society. Oxford: Blackwell. References to diglossia. Lee D (1982) Are there really signs of
Diglossia? Re-examining the situation. Sign Language Studies, 35, 127-152. Shaw R (1987) Determining Register in
Sign-to-English interpreting. Sign
Language Studies, 57, 295-322. Lucas C & Valli C (1992) Language contact in the American Deaf Community. London: Academic Press (first 20 pages or so
describing the outcomes of language contact)
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