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Hill's analysis focuses on affective, cognitive, and behavioral types of evaluative responses toward particular language varieties, such as ASL, contact signing, and Signed English. His work takes into account the perceptions of these signing types among the social groups of the American Deaf community that vary based on generation, age of acquisition, and race. He also gauges the effects of social information on these perceptions and the evaluations and descriptions of signing that results from their different concepts of a signing standard. Language Attitudes concludes that the value of standard ASL will continue to rise and the Deaf/Hearing cultural dichotomy will remain relevant without the occurrence of a dramatic cultural shift

Many of today's families are hurting. Here are some reasons why. One reason is divorce. Divorce hurts children in many ways. Children of divorced parents must learn to cope with the loss of one parent, and sometimes they have to move away from friends and family. That's hard. Another reason is economics. Parents who lose their jobs and single mothers who don't make enough money to buy proper food may send their children to school hungry and may risk joining the ranks of the homeless. That's harder. Still another reason is socialization. Children reared in chaotic families develop serious behavior disorders. They lack structure, autonomy, and self-determination. They learn loneliness, rejection, and dysfunctional behavior. That's hardest. —Barker, speech, 1993