An up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages. Topics explored include multilingualism in the global deaf community, sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages, bilingualism and language contact between signed and spoken languages, attitudes towards sign languages, and sign language planning and policy.
Sign language in the world / Jordan Fenlon and Erin Wilkinson -- Sign languages in contact / David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam -- Variation and change in sign languages / Robert Bayley, Adam C. Schembri, and Ceil Lucas -- Discourse analysis and sign languages / Elizabeth A. Winston and Cynthia Roy -- Language policy and planning in Deaf communities / Josep Quer and Ronice Müller de Quadros -- Language attitudes in Deaf communities / Joseph C. Hill.