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Language Policy and Planning for Sign Languages.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities SeriesPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781563684630
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language Policy and Planning for Sign LanguagesLOC classification:
  • P117
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Editor's Note -- Preface -- 1. Sign Language and the DEAF∩WORLD as a Special Case: An Overview -- 2. Language Planning and Language Policy: An Introduction -- 3. American Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy -- 4. The Creation and Use of Manual Sign Codes as Language Planning -- 5. International Perspectives on Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy -- 6. Conclusion: The DEAF∩WORLD, Language, and Power -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The sixteenth volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series provides both knowledgeable language policymakers and sign language experts the information and means to apply their expertise jointly for future language planning for sign languages.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Editor's Note -- Preface -- 1. Sign Language and the DEAF∩WORLD as a Special Case: An Overview -- 2. Language Planning and Language Policy: An Introduction -- 3. American Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy -- 4. The Creation and Use of Manual Sign Codes as Language Planning -- 5. International Perspectives on Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy -- 6. Conclusion: The DEAF∩WORLD, Language, and Power -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

The sixteenth volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series provides both knowledgeable language policymakers and sign language experts the information and means to apply their expertise jointly for future language planning for sign languages.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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