This book provides an up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages.
1. Introduction Adam C. Schembri and Ceil Lucas; 2. Sign languages in the world Jordan Fenlon and Erin Wilkinson; 3. Sign languages in contact David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam; 4. Variation and change in sign languages Robert Bayley, Adam C. Schembri and Ceil Lucas; 5. Discourse analysis and sign languages Elizabeth A. Winston and Cynthia Roy; 6. Language policy and planning in Deaf communities Josep Quer and Ronice Müller de Quadros; 7. Language attitudes in Deaf communities Joseph C. Hill.