Dear colleagues, <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>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!
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Lorraine Leeson<br>-----<br><br><br>Dear colleagues,<br><br>It is often reported that the convention to distinguish between deaf
<br>(with lower case d) and Deaf with upper case started with Woodward's<br>paper "Implications for Sociolinguistic Research among the<br>Deaf" (published in Sign Language Studies, Volume 1, in 1972).<br>However, when consulting this paper, I found that there was no sign
<br>of the distinction.<br><br>I assume that the source of the distinction might be another<br>publication by Woodward (possibly his 1973 dissertation or his 1982<br>"How You Gonna Get to Heaven....." book) but I haven't been able to
<br>confirm this.<br><br>Therefor this message: does someone maybe know where and when the<br>deaf/Deaf convention started?<br>Many thanks in advance.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Myriam Vermeerbergen<br><a href="mailto:mvermeer@mac.com">
mvermeer@mac.com</a><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr. Lorraine Leeson<br>Director <br>Centre for Deaf Studies<br>School of Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences<br>Trinity College Dublin<br>40 Lower Drumcondra Road
<br>Drumcondra, Dublin 9<br><br>Tel: + 353 (0) 1 830 11 66
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