Describing Variation in American Sign Language

1994, James Woodward Analysis of variation occurring in American Sign Language and English-like varieties of signing. This work is significant for the insights it offers into explaining variation and historical change and its discussion of rule-governed nature of variation in ASL. This text should read by researchers, interpreters, interpreter educators, and all serious students of American Sign Language. ISBN-10: 0-932130-20-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-932130-20-4