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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHY GO AROUND THE DEAF WORLD? GAURAVMATHUR AND DONNA JO NAPOLI; 1. Sign Languages: creation, context, form; 1:SIGN LANGUAGE GEOGRAPHY CAROL A. PADDEN; 1 RESPONSE: SOME OBSERVATIONS ONRESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN LEXICOSTATISTICAL STUDIES OF SIGN LANGUAGES JAMESWOODWARD; 2: TWO TYPES OF NONCONCATENATIVE MORPHOLOGY IN SIGNED LANGUAGESGAURAV MATHUR AND CHRISTIAN RATHMANN; 2 RESPONSE: SOME OBSERVATIONS ONFORM-MEANING CORRESPONDENCES IN TWO TYPES OF VERBS IN ASL PAUL DUDIS; 3:SOURCES OF HANDSHAPE ERROR IN FIRST-TIME SIGNERS OF ASL DEBORAH CHEN PICHLER;3 RESPONSE: MODALITY AND LANGUAGE IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OFAMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE RUSSELL S. ROSEN; 4: GETTING TO THE POINT: HOW ASIMPLE GESTURE BECAME A LINGUISTIC ELEMENT IN NICARAGUAN SIGNING ANN SENGHASAND MARIE COPPOLA; 4 RESPONSE: A POINT WELL TAKEN: ON THE TYPOLOGY ANDDIACHRONY OF POINTING ROLAND PFAU; 5: ACQUISITION OF TOPICALIZATION IN VERYLATE LEARNERS OF LIBRAS: DEGREES OF RESILIENCY IN LANGUAGE SANDRA K. WOOD; 5RESPONSE: A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A THEORY OF MIND? CLUESFROM HOMESIGNERS CYRIL COURTIN; 6: INTERROGATIVES IN BAN KHOR SIGN LANGUAGE:A PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION ANGELA M. NONAKA; 6 RESPONSE: VILLAGE SIGNLANGUAGES - A COMMENTARY ULRIKE ZESHAN; 7: SIGN LANGUAGE HUMOUR, HUMANSINGULARITIES, AND THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE DONNA JO NAPOLI AND RACHELSUTTON-SPENCE; 7 RESPONSE: GESTURE FIRST OR SPEECH FIRST IN LANGUAGE ORIGINS?ADAM KENDON; 2. Social Issues/ Civil Rights; 8: BEST PRACTICE FORCOLLABORATING WITH DEAF COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AMY WILSON ANDNICKSON KAKIRI; 8 RESPONSE: DEAF MOBILIZATION AROUND THE WORLD: A PERSONALPERSPECTIVE YERKER ANDERSSON; 9: HIV/AIDS AND THE DEAF COMMUNITY: ACONVERSATION LEILA MONAGHAN AND DEBORAH KARP; 9 RESPONSE: HIV AIDS AND DEAFCOMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CONVERSATION JOHN MELETSE AND RUTH MORGAN; 10:THE LANGUAGE POLITICS OF JAPANESE SIGN LANGUAGE (NIHON SHUWA) KAREN NAKAMURA;10 RESPONSE: PLURALIZATION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO JSL HEGEMONY SOYA MORI; 11:SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN IN CHINA JUN HUI YANG;11 RESPONSE: SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND THE EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN IN INDIAMADAN M. VASISHTA; 12: DO DEAF CHILDREN EAT DEAF CARROTS? PAUL SCOTT; 12FIRST RESPONSE: "WE'RE THE SAME, I'M DEAF, YOU'RE DEAF, HUH!" DONNA WEST