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as a polychronic culture, 55
preciousness of information in, 88
reciprocity in, 44, 114–15
rudeness in, 90, 95, 98–99, 104, 122–24
sharing of information in, 49, 87–88, 94–98
social events in, 116
storytelling in, 111
straight talk in, 89–93
visual proof of guilt in, 67
work in, 75, 216
“Deaf”/“deaf,” use of terms, 10–11
Deaf grapevine, 94
“Deaf President Now” revolt, 114, 172
Deaf Standard Time (DST), 53–54
Deaf teachers
during “golden age,” 57–58
giving credit to, 103, 210–11
DEAF WORLD, 85
Decision making, 115–16
Dependence, 71
Descriptive Name Sign System, 211
Diplomats, 22
Directness, 88, 89–93
“Doing,” 73–74
Dreamtime, 59
Dutch culture, 37–38

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Educational setting, interpreting in the, 71, 132–36, 202–203
Egalitarianism, 72
Empathy, 197–98, 201
Employment opportunities for deaf people, 73
English language, the
discourse style as compared to ASL, 195
introductory thesis statement in, 663
as a low-context language, 47–48
pattern of starting with the general in, 63–64
pattern of threes in, 61
Ethiopian culture, 36
Expansion features in ASL, 65–66
Eye gaze, 11, 26, 30–31

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