Sign Languages in Village Communities : Anthropological and Linguistic Insights

• Tác giả: Connie de Vos, Ulrike Zeshan
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1614511496
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 419 Sign languages
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (413 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 234438
• Chủ đề: 1. Anthropology; 2. Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication

Tóm tắt

This book unites the work of both anthropologists and linguists who have conducted fieldwork in rural signing communities around the globe. In most cases, these signing communities have emerged in response to a high incidence of (often hereditary) deafness. In contrast to the national sign languages used in urban deaf communities, these indigenous sign languages are typically shared between deaf and hearing community members, thus facilitating a high degree of integration between deaf and hearing individuals. This volume represents the largest collection of comparative work across such "deaf villages" to date.