The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages - Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, their impacts and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. Each chapter is grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Maartje De Meulder is a senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht in the Netherlands. Her expertise is in sign language planning and policy, sign language interpreting from a socio-political perspective, and discourses surrounding inclusive education. She has published in a range of different journals and is co-editor of Innovations in Deaf Studies (Oxford University Press, 2017) and The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages (Multilingual Matters, 2019).
Joseph J. Murray is Professor in the Department of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA. A trained historian, his work explores ways in which deaf people navigate their societies as sign language minorities.
Rachel L. McKee is Programme Director of NZSL Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include sign language documentation, sign language policy, sociolinguistic variation in sign language, interpreting, and sign language teaching and learning.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Maartje De Meulder (Herausgeber), Rachel L. McKee (Herausgeber), Joseph J. Murray (Herausgeber), Murray Joseph J. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.06.2019
• EAN: 9781788924009
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-400-9
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Gewicht: 700 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication