Deaf around the World. The Impact of Language
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Publisher OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199732531
- ISBN10 0199732531
- Type Book
- Pages 398
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
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Sign LanguageDeaf 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 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.
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