Deaf around the world: the impact of language
This text is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of deaf communities.
Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new h…
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Sign language: an international handbook
by Pfau, Roland, Woll, Bencie, Steinbach, Markus
Biographical note: Markus Steinbach, University of Goettingen, Germany; Roland Pfau, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Bencie Woll, University College London, Great Britain.
Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should…
"Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider -- even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet -- sho…