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Languaging Episode 3: Notes

Title: Languaging in Hampton Roads

Episode 3: What's in a Name?

Hosts: Jill Winkowski and Prue Salasky

Date: March 22, 2024

Length: 21:19 minutes

Publication Frequency: Fourth Friday of each month

In this third episode of Languaging in Hampton Roads, co-hosts Jill Winkowski and Prue Salasky explore how words get added to the English language and their discussion focuses primarily on the add...

In this episode of Languaging in Hampton Roads, co-hosts Jill Winkowski and Prue Salasky look into communication in the deaf community. They explore sign language, its history and variations. In particular they focus on the development of BASL, Black American Sign Language and American Sign Language in the southern U.S. 

Through an interview with a nationally certified interpreter for the deaf, his interview of a deaf woman in Virg...

In this first episode of Languaging Hampton Roads, co-hosts Jill Winkowski, a Tidewater native, and Prue Salasky, a UK native, introduce themselves, describe their background in linguistic studies, and explain their interest in the region’s life and language. 

Note: For the most part they use the terms Hampton Roads (a political designation) and Tidewater (a geographical designation) interchangeably to denote this corner of Southea...