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Cover ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Aim and readership of the book ; 1.1.1 A note on conventions ; 1.2 Title of the book ; 1.3 Authors' subjectivity, position and goals ; 1.4 Overview of the book ; Part I Key Concepts and Research Issues
2 Understanding Applied Sign Linguistics 2.1 Defining Deaf Studies ; 2.2 The sociocultural position of signed language and deaf people ; 2.2.1 Who are deaf people? ; 2.2.2 Who are deaf sign language users? ; 2.2.3 The role of education in the development of deaf sign language users
2.2.4 Contemporary position of sign languages 2.2.5 Contemporary position of deaf people ; 2.3 What is applied sign linguistics? ; 2.4 The difference between sign linguistics and applied sign linguistics ; 2.5 The history of sign linguistics
2.6 The development of applied sign linguistics research and sign language practice professions 2.7 Understanding applied sign linguistics: concluding comments ; 3 Sign Language in Action ; 3.1 Sign language and identity ; 3.1.1 Language to talk about sign language and identity
3.1.2 Focus on cultural identity 3.1.3 Sign language as identity ; 3.1.4 Identity in shared signing communities ; 3.1.5 Hearing signers as intercultural interlopers ; 3.1.6 Deaf intercultural interlopers ; 3.2 Sign languages as embodied languages ; 3.3 Attitudes towards sign languages
2 Understanding Applied Sign Linguistics 2.1 Defining Deaf Studies ; 2.2 The sociocultural position of signed language and deaf people ; 2.2.1 Who are deaf people? ; 2.2.2 Who are deaf sign language users? ; 2.2.3 The role of education in the development of deaf sign language users
2.2.4 Contemporary position of sign languages 2.2.5 Contemporary position of deaf people ; 2.3 What is applied sign linguistics? ; 2.4 The difference between sign linguistics and applied sign linguistics ; 2.5 The history of sign linguistics
2.6 The development of applied sign linguistics research and sign language practice professions 2.7 Understanding applied sign linguistics: concluding comments ; 3 Sign Language in Action ; 3.1 Sign language and identity ; 3.1.1 Language to talk about sign language and identity
3.1.2 Focus on cultural identity 3.1.3 Sign language as identity ; 3.1.4 Identity in shared signing communities ; 3.1.5 Hearing signers as intercultural interlopers ; 3.1.6 Deaf intercultural interlopers ; 3.2 Sign languages as embodied languages ; 3.3 Attitudes towards sign languages