Cheryl A: Lack of Segregation at PSD (2)
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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 lack of segregation at PSD
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2016-04-02
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"We were all integrated. I enjoyed that and could play [with anyone]. We learned to communicate with each other and would play. It was different and disorienting [at first] but then I was like, ‘Oh!’ and I would learn [the sign language]. Then it became easy to socialize. Then the dorm was better than home"