Preface, 1 Introductory: Myths About American Sign Language, 2 Linguistic: The Linguistic Description of American Sign Language, 3Psycholinguistic: Psycholinguistics of Sign Language, 4. Developmental: The Acquisition of Sign Language, 5. Neurolinguistic: Cerebral Asymmetry for Sign Language: Clinical and Experimental Evidence, 6. Sociolinguistic: Some Sociolinguistic Aspects of French and American Sign Languages, 7. Historical: A Chronology of the Oppression of Sign Language in France and the United States, Author Index, Subject Index