Caroline Z: Pressure to Switch to Newer Signs
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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 the pressure to switch to newer signs
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2016-03-07
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“Some of [the Deaf people] out there alert me that I must use the newer signs and eliminate [using] the old [ones]. I can’t. I can’t [do that]. I still use my old signs.”