Deaf around the world: the impact of language

Introduction: why go around the deaf world? / Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli

Sign language geography / Carol A. Padden

Response: some observations on research methodology in lexicostatistical studies of sign languages / James Woodward

Two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages / Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann

Response: some observations on form-meaning correspondences in two types of verbs in ASL / Paul G. Dudis

Sources of handshape error in first-time signers of ASL / Deborah Chen Pichler

Response: modality and language in the second language acquisition of American Sign Language / Russell s. Rosen

Getting to the point: how a simple gesture became a linguistic element in Nicaraguan signing / Ann Senghas and Marie Coppola

Response: a point well taken: on the typology and diachrony of pointing / Roland Pfau

Acquisition of topicalization in very late learners of libras: degrees of resilience in language / Sandra K. Wood

Response: a critical period for the acquisition of a theory of mind? Clues from homesigners / Cyril Courtin

Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: a preliminary description / Angela M. Nonaka

Response: village sign languages: a commentary / Ulrike Zeshan

Sign language humor, human singularities, and the origins of language / Donna Jo Napoli and Rachel Sutton-Spence

Response: gesture first or speech first in language origins? / Adam Kendon

Best practices for collaborating with deaf communities in developing countries / Amy Wilson and Nickson Kakiri

Response: deaf mobilization around the world: a personal perspective / Yerker Andersson

HIV/AIDS and the deaf community: a conversation / Leila Monaghan and Deborah Karp

Response: HIV/AIDS and deaf communities in South Africa: a conversation / John Meletse and Ruth Morgan

The language of politics in Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa) / Karen Nakamura

Response: pluralization: an alternative to the existing hegemony in JSL / Soya Mori

Social situations and the education of deaf children in China / Jun Hui Yang

Response: social situations and the education of deaf children in India / Madan M. Vasishta

Do deaf children eat deaf carrots? / Paul Scott

First response: "We're the same, I'm deaf, you're deaf, huh!" / Donna West

Second response: Deafhood and deaf educators: some thoughts / Paddy Ladd.