Sociolinguistic variation in ASL : the case of deaf / Ceil Lucas -- Description and status of initialized signs in Quebec sign language / Dominique Machabee -- Fingerspelling interaction : a set of deaf parents and their deaf daughter / Arlene Blumenthal-Kelly -- A sociolinguistic description of sign language use in a Navajo family / Jeffrey Davis and Samuel Supalla -- Politics and language : American Sign Language and English in deaf education / Stephen M. Nover -- Language and learning in a deaf education classroom : practice and paradox / Mary Ann La Bue -- Communication and language use in Spanish-speaking families with deaf children / Barbara Gerner de Garcia -- Constructed dialogue and constructed action in American Sign Language / Melanie Metzger -- Turn-taking and eye gaze in sign conversations between deaf Filipinos / Liza B. Martinez -- Empowerment from within : the deaf social movement providing a framework for a multicultural society / Kathy Jankowski.