Deaf around the World: The Impact of Language - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0199732531 ISBN 13 : 9780199732531

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199732531
• ISBN 13: 9780199732531
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 418
• Éditeur: Mathur Gaurav
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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