The Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community
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- Synopsis
- This is a unified collection of the best and most current empirical studies of socio-linguistic issues in the deaf community, including topics such as studies of sign language variation, language contact and change, and sign language policy. Established linguistic concerns with deaf language are reexamined and redefined, and several new issues of general importance to all sociolinguists are raised and explored. This is a book which interests all sociolinguists as well as deaf professionals, teachers of the deaf, sign language interpreters, and anyone else dealing on a day-to-day basis with the everyday language choices that deaf persons must make.This is a unified collection of the best and most current empirical studies of sociolinguistic issues in the deaf community, including topics such as: Studies of Sign Language VariationLanguage contact and ChangeSign Language PolicyLanguage AttitudesSign Language Discourse Analysis
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 307 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781483296395
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780124580459
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Science
- Date of Addition:
- 09/30/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Elsevier Science & Technology
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Ceil Lucas