Peggy S: Diversity of Old Signing
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Elderly Deaf Philadelphians
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Philadelphia Signs Project
sociolinguistics
deaf
sign language
American Sign Language
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regional variation
Language Description and Documentation
sociolinguistics
deaf
sign language
American Sign Language
ASL
regional variation
Language Description and Documentation
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Fisher, Jami N.
Tamminga, Meredith
Hochgesang, Julie
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Philadelphia Signs Project video with participant discussing how diverse signing was when she was young.
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2016-03-08
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"Yes, it was different. I would look up at them and…[she names a Philadelphia acquaintance's husband], he was from Gallaudet. He would come back for football games from Gallaudet [imitates his air of superiority] and he would fingerspell everything as if he was so advanced. I couldn’t read the signs. Some of the communication I couldn’t catch because I was little and couldn’t read the signs. Now, now that we are adults, we all sign the same."