Fwd: deaf/Deaf-distinction: origin?

[Fischer Susan]

My recollection is that it appeared in a pamphlet written by Carol  
Padden and Charlotte Baker in the early 1970s.  I'm copying Carol on  
this in case she doesn't always read SLLING-L and can respond.
SDF

Susan D. Fischer
Susan.Fischer at rit.edu

Center for Research on Language
UCSD



On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Lorraine Leeson wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm forwarding this message on behalf of Myriam Vermeerbergen who  
> has experienced a technical glitch with accessing the list for the  
> moment....and at the same time will take the opportunity to wish  
> you all a very happy new year!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lorraine Leeson
> -----
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> It is often reported that the convention to distinguish between deaf
> (with lower case d) and Deaf with upper case started with Woodward's
> paper "Implications for Sociolinguistic Research among the
> Deaf" (published in Sign Language Studies, Volume 1, in 1972).
> However, when consulting this paper, I found that there was no sign
> of the distinction.
>
> I assume that the source of the distinction might be another
> publication by Woodward (possibly his 1973 dissertation or his 1982
> "How You Gonna Get to Heaven....." book) but I haven't been able to
> confirm this.
>
> Therefor this message: does someone maybe know where and when the
> deaf/Deaf convention started?
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Myriam Vermeerbergen
> mvermeer at mac.com
>
>
> -- 
> Dr. Lorraine Leeson
> Director
> Centre for Deaf Studies
> School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences
> Trinity College Dublin
> 40 Lower Drumcondra Road
> Drumcondra, Dublin 9
>
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