What's Your Sign for Pizza?: An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language

by Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli

Explains the basic concepts of language and the structure of sign language while investigating how the language is used by different groups within the deaf community.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language

200 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 2003

About the author

Ceil Lucas, author of How I Got Here: A Memoir, is professor emerita of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where she taught linguistics through American Sign Language for 31 years before retiring in 2013. She began teaching Italian at all levels in 1973 and continues to do so. Lucas was born in the United States, but raised from ages 5 to 21 in Guatemala City and in Rome, Italy. She has edited or co-authored 22 books and also is editor of the scholarly journal, Sign Language Studies, published by Gallaudet University Press.

Reviews

[Stephani · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a lot of important information in this book. It is complex and I wouldn’t recommend it for someone just starting to learn ASL. I will definitely revisit this once I’ve learned more!