Sociolinguistics and deaf communities

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Lucas, Ceil
• Schembri, Adam C.

Publisher

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Language

English

ISBN

9781107663862

Series

Subject(s)

• DEAF-MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
• SOCIOLINGUISTICS
• SIGN LANGUAGE

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 171-174. Index: p. 175-182

Abstract

How do people use sign languages in different situations around the world? How are sign languages distributed globally? What happens when they come in contact with spoken and written languages? These and other questions are explored in this new introduction to the sociolinguistics of sign languages and deaf communities.
An international team brings insights and data from a wide range of sign languages, from the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Brazil and Australia. Topics covered include multilingualism in the global deaf community, sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages, bilingualism and language contact between signed and spoken languages, attitudes towards sign languages, sign language planning and policy, and sign language discourse.
Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities will be welcomed by students of sign language and interpreting, teachers of sign language, and students and academics working in linguistics.--back cover.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

ix, 182 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Sign language in the world / Jordan Fenlon and Erin Wilkinson --
Sign languages in contact / David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam --
Variation and change in sign languages / Robert Bayley, Adam C. Schembri, and Ceil Lucas --
Discourse analysis and sign languages / Elizabeth A. Winston and Cynthia Roy --
Language policy and planning in Deaf communities / Josep Quer and Ronice Müller de Quadros --
Language attitudes in Deaf communities / Joseph C. Hill.

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