The eighth volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series elucidates key factors in several signed languages from select international Deaf communities. Kristin Mulrooney studies the reasons in ASL behind the difference in how men and women fingerspell. Bruce Sofinski assesses transliteration from spoken English to manually coded English. Paul Dudis discusses how signers map particular concepts onto their hands and bodies to enrich their narrative strategies. Mieke Van Herreweghe determines whether interpreters` turn-taking practices allow for equal participation. And a respected team of Spanish researcher led by Esperanza Moarales-Lspez investigate the Catalan/Spanish bilingual community in Barcelona.