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- To the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
Volume 10 of the series explores sociolinguistics in various European Deaf communities. Editors Van Herreweghe and Vermeerbergen present a wide array of research inspired by the Sociolinguistics Symposium 14 held at Ghent University, Belgium, in April 2002. Noted contributors from Finland, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom offer insights gleaned from the languages of their countries.
Part One of this five-part volume investigates multilingualism and language contact among Finland-Swedish Deaf People. Part Two looks at regional variation and the evolution of signs in Flemish Sign Language, as well as gender-influenced variation in Irish Sign Language. Language policy and planning receives consideration in the third part, with a study of sign language lexical variation in the Netherlands and an analysis of the risks of codification in Flemish Sign Language. Part Four examines the implementation of bilingual programs for deaf students throughout Europe, and updates research on visually oriented language use in Swedish Deaf education classrooms.
The final part of To the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities presents data on language attitudes, including a census of sign language users in Spain that reveal a changing language community. The last chapter of this fascinating assembly assays British Deaf communities and language identity in relation to issues of transnationality in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
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- Editorial Advisory Board
- p. vii
- PART ONE: MULTILINGUALISM AND LANGUAGE CONTACT
- PART TWO: VARIATION
- PART THREE: LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
- PART FOUR: LANGUAGE IN DEAF EDUCATION
- PART FIVE: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES
- Contributors
- pp. 265-269
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563684616
Related ISBN(s)
9781563683060
MARC Record
OCLC
794700908
Pages
298
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No