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Deaf community, 42–43, 55, 58, 72, 84, 85, 94, 102, 105, 116
feelings about ASL in, 110
interpreters’ involvement in, 223–27
name signs as symbols of membership in, 106
Deaf culture, 81–124
acquistion of, 82–84
arrangement of rooms in, 27–28, 98
ASL poetry in, 113
attention-getting behaviors in, 117–18
caucusing in, 43
as a collectivist culture, 40, 41, 43, 113–14
conversational behaviors in, 119–22
conversational space in, 27
core values in, 81–82
cultural set in, 146
decision making in, 43, 115–16
direct personal comments in, 91–93
directness in, 90
disassociation from speech in, 82, 117
DST (Deaf Standard Time) in, 53–54
egalitarianism in, 72
face-to-face communication in, 53–54, 131
feeling of closeness in, 90, 92, 99–100
folklore in, 111–13
friendship in, 78
greetings in, 54
as a high-context culture, 47
hugs in, 107
humor in, 111–13
informality in, 76
insider/outsider distinction in, 85, 104
introductions in, 48, 100–104
lateness in, 65, 94
leave-taking in, 54, 108
loyalty in, 113–14
mutual dependence in, 71
past orientation in, 57–59
peer group as authority in, 66, 201
periods of enculturation into, 84
personal achievements as group in, 74
politeness in, 90, 93, 96, 99, 120–22, 197

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