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Deaf around the World. The Impact of Language

Autor Donna Jo Napoli / Gaurav Mathur

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Deaf around the World. The Impact of Language
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Description 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 Jame...

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  • Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780199732531
  • ISBN10 0199732531
  • Type BOOK
  • Pages 398
  • Language English
  • Bookbinding Paperback

Subjects

Sign Language

Deaf around the World. The Impact of Language

Autor Donna Jo Napoli / Gaurav Mathur

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Description 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 Jame...

39,35€
Not available, ask for avalaibility
Free shipping
Mainland Spain

Book details

Description 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 histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.
Features
  • Combines an exploration of how sign langages operate with an exploration of social issues confronting the deaf today.
  • Includes contributors from around the world, not just North America and Europe.

Subjects

Sign Language

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