Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages.

List of contents

1. Introduction Adam C. Schembri and Ceil Lucas; 2. Sign languages in the world Jordan Fenlon and Erin Wilkinson; 3. Sign languages in contact David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam; 4. Variation and change in sign languages Robert Bayley, Adam C. Schembri and Ceil Lucas; 5. Discourse analysis and sign languages Elizabeth A. Winston and Cynthia Roy; 6. Language policy and planning in Deaf communities Josep Quer and Ronice Müller de Quadros; 7. Language attitudes in Deaf communities Joseph C. Hill.

About the author

Adam C. Schembri is Director of the Centre for Research on Language Diversity and teaches on the Linguistics program at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.Ceil Lucas is Emerita Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University, where she taught from 1982 to 2013.

Summary

An up-to-date overview of the main areas of the sociolinguistics of sign languages. Topics explored include multilingualism in the global deaf community, sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages, bilingualism and language contact between signed and spoken languages, attitudes towards sign languages, and sign language planning and policy.

Product details

• Authors: Ceil Lucas, Adam Schembri, Adam C. Schembri, Adam C. (La Trobe University Schembri, Adam C. Lucas Schembri
• Assisted by: Ceil Lucas (Editor), Ceil (Gallaudet University Lucas (Editor), Lucas Ceil (Editor), Adam C. Schembri (Editor), Adam C. (La Trobe University Schembri (Editor), Schembri Adam C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107051942
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05194-2
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, Sociolinguistics, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication