Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard

Everyone here spoke sign language : hereditary deafness on Martha's Vineyard / Nora Ellen Groce.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Groce, Nora Ellen, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambrige, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [1985]
Subjects:
Deaf people > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard > History.
Deafness > Genetic aspects.
Sign language.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Deaf
Deafness > Genetic aspects
Sign language
Doven.
Gebarentaal.
Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
History
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Table of Contents:
  • "They were just like everyone else"
  • The history of Martha's Vineyard
  • The origins of vineyard deafness
  • The genetics of vineyard deafness
  • The island adaptation to deafness
  • Growing up deaf on the vineyard
  • Deafness in historical perspective
  • "Those people weren't handicapped"
  • Appendix A. Oral and written sources
  • Appendix B. Perceived causes of vineyard deafness.

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