Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities (Gallaudet Sociolinguistics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
This collection offers a wide variety of fascinating studies that consider multicultural aspects among deaf people worldwide. Mala Kleinfeld and Noni Warner investigate variation in the use of gay, lesbian, and bisexual signs in the Deaf community; Jan Branson, Don Miller, and Gede Marsaja, assisted by Wayan Negara, profile a deaf village in Bali, Indonesia in which hearing people are fluent in both sign and spoken languages. Alejandro Oviedo comments on bilingual deaf education in Venezuela, and Sara Schley outlines the sociolinguistic and educational implications of comparing ASL and Engl...
ISBN(s)
1563681080, 9781563681080
