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Author : Ceil Lucas
Release : 2015-02-12
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 940/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities by : Ceil Lucas
Download or read book Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities written by Ceil Lucas. This book was released on 2015-02-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages.
Author : Ceil Lucas
Release : 1996
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 080/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities by : Ceil Lucas
Download or read book Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities written by Ceil Lucas. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight studies demonstrate the diverse patterns by which deaf people around the world interact with their hearing societies, and document changing attitudes among the deaf about their role in society. The topics include a village in Indonesia with so many deaf people that hearing people are fluent in both sign and spoken languages; variation in signing among gays, lesbians, and bisexuals; bilingual deaf education in Venezuela; visually constructed dialogue with young students; the interrogative in Italian Sign Language; and American Sign Language as a truly foreign language no more difficult to learn than any other. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : David Quinto-Pozos
Release : 2007
Genre : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 565/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sign Languages in Contact by : David Quinto-Pozos
Download or read book Sign Languages in Contact written by David Quinto-Pozos. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series describes various accounts of contact between sign languages worldwide to further understand structural and social factors of this linguistic component.
Author : Adam C. Schembri
Release : 2015-02-12
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 266/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities by : Adam C. Schembri
Download or read book Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities written by Adam C. Schembri. This book was released on 2015-02-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Ceil Lucas
Release : 2003
Genre : American Sign Language
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 431/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language and the Law in Deaf Communities by : Ceil Lucas
Download or read book Language and the Law in Deaf Communities written by Ceil Lucas. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three attorneys and three linguistics scholars contribute five essays focusing on the intersection of language and law in deaf communities. Coverage includes the language problems of minorities in legal settings, the interrogation of deaf people, interpretation issues for juries that include deaf pe
