Another attempt at putting my thoughts together
I've written a one page introduction and I still have no clear idea what draft to make out of my notes, lol
- Education, access to language qua language (any language, since deafness in a hearing environment can make for slow acquisition of language, however it depends on the environment as well); probably I'll throw in an as of yet not checked-for source on feral children along with the stuff I've got
- Sign language as a source of identification
- Sign language as a minority language; Minority sign languages (LSQ, dialects of ASL like Black ASL, NSSL likely extinct) in the cultural area of ASL, LSM); ASL and cultural tensions of children from minority ethnic and linguistic groups. That alone can probably be 2-3 sections and pad up half to 2/3 of the term paper
- Communications/Telecommunications; Isolation of Deaf people (here I'll probably throw in stuff about assistive technology re implants and aids but I just realized I have exactly one paper on the matter; I dropped the other one because it was a) from a business school and b) basically being a business perspective favourable to eugenics, which I won't even grace with a citation.
- Specific contact areas: Historical example of pre-yuppification Martha's Vineyard and MVSL (lol, I just wanted an excuse to cite culture as disability), Washington DC and the effect of Gallaudet university on local deaf presence/culture.
- Role of sign language as a defining factor of deaf culture; diverging views of deaf culture; multiplicity of deaf cultures: multiple languages as multiple cultures?
I feel the main thing blocking me right now is that I have ten pages and I want to write stuff that could probably cover me about 3-4 times that)
Realization that I am indeed being excessive, I'm revising
- 2-3 pages on ASL as a vector of identity
- 2 pages of intro/conclusion/tangents (Nicaragua and telecoms fall under tangent I think)
- 5-6 pages on the various contact aspects: ASL as a minority language, Minority sign languages and dialects within America and Canada, sample contact regions, ASL and kids from hearing linguistic minorities.
- Education, access to language qua language (any language, since deafness in a hearing environment can make for slow acquisition of language, however it depends on the environment as well); probably I'll throw in an as of yet not checked-for source on feral children along with the stuff I've got
- Sign language as a source of identification
- Sign language as a minority language; Minority sign languages (LSQ, dialects of ASL like Black ASL, NSSL likely extinct) in the cultural area of ASL, LSM); ASL and cultural tensions of children from minority ethnic and linguistic groups. That alone can probably be 2-3 sections and pad up half to 2/3 of the term paper
- Communications/Telecommunications; Isolation of Deaf people (here I'll probably throw in stuff about assistive technology re implants and aids but I just realized I have exactly one paper on the matter; I dropped the other one because it was a) from a business school and b) basically being a business perspective favourable to eugenics, which I won't even grace with a citation.
- Specific contact areas: Historical example of pre-yuppification Martha's Vineyard and MVSL (lol, I just wanted an excuse to cite culture as disability), Washington DC and the effect of Gallaudet university on local deaf presence/culture.
- Role of sign language as a defining factor of deaf culture; diverging views of deaf culture; multiplicity of deaf cultures: multiple languages as multiple cultures?
I feel the main thing blocking me right now is that I have ten pages and I want to write stuff that could probably cover me about 3-4 times that)
Realization that I am indeed being excessive, I'm revising
- 2-3 pages on ASL as a vector of identity
- 2 pages of intro/conclusion/tangents (Nicaragua and telecoms fall under tangent I think)
- 5-6 pages on the various contact aspects: ASL as a minority language, Minority sign languages and dialects within America and Canada, sample contact regions, ASL and kids from hearing linguistic minorities.