Doctors' Dissertations and Masters' Thesis [sic] on Deafness and the Deaf
Author: American Annals of the Deaf
Publisher:
Published: 1960
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13:
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A Descriptive Analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana)
Author: Victoria Anna Sophie Nyst
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdamorobe, a small Akan village in Ghana, has an unusually high incidence of hereditary deafness. As a result, a sign language came into being, Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL), which is unrelated to any other sign language described so far and is assumed to be about 200 years old. The present study describes selected aspects of AdaSL, notably phonology, lexicon, the expression of size and shape and the encoding of motion events. A comparison of these aspects with descriptions of other sign languages reveals interesting cross-linguistic differences in the use of iconicity as well as in the use of space and classifier constructions. Data were collected during three periods of fieldwork of nine months in total. Moreover, this study considers to what extent the social setting may influence the development of structural features in sign languages. This investigation nuances the impact the visual-spatial modality has on sign language structure. The book is of interest to scholars of sign linguistics, African linguistics, as well as contact linguistics and Deaf studies.
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages
Author: Maartje De Meulder
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2019-06-17
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1788924029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18 studies from communities across Europe, the US, South America, Asia and New Zealand. They set sign language legislation within the national context of language policies in each country and show patterns of intersection between language ideologies, public policy and deaf communities’ discourses. The chapters are grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns. Each one describes a deaf community’s expectations and hopes for legal recognition and the type of sign language legislation achieved. The chapters also discuss the strategies used in achieving the passage of the legislation, as well as an account of barriers confronted and surmounted (or not) in the legislative process. The book will be of interest to language activists in the fields of sign language and other minority languages, policymakers and researchers in deaf studies, sign linguistics, sociolinguistics, human rights law and applied linguistics.
The Syntax of American Sign Language
Author: Carol Jan Neidle
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780262140676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent research on the syntax of signed language has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement and wh-constructions.
The Deaf Way
Author: Carol Erting
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 972
ISBN-13: 9781563680267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelected papers from the conference held in Washington DC, July 9-14, 1989.
Interpreting in Legal Contexts
Author: Debra L. Russell
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780932130235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisabled Students in Higher Education
Author: Sheila Riddell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-10-09
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1134327226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs wider access to higher education becomes a top priority for governments in the UK and around the world, this ground-breaking piece of work raises the challenging questions that policy-makers, vice-chancellors and government officials are reluctant to ask. A highly qualified team of authors have closely analyzed rates of participation and the experiences of disabled students in higher education over a two year period. They compare the responses of eight different universities to the new anti-discriminatory practice, contrasting their social profiles, academic missions, support systems for disabled students and approaches for the implementation of change. Change comes under particular scrutiny, with a close examination of each university’s interpretation of ‘reasonable adjustments’, and the extent to which they have modified their campuses and teaching accordingly. Student case studies are used throughout to illustrate the real impact of institutional responses to the legislation. Disabled Students in Higher Education will make fascinating reading for students of education, social policy, politics, and disability studies, and for those working towards accredited university teacher status.
Eradicating Deafness?
Author: Marion Andrea Schmidt
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781526138170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture? This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should achieve, and to the transformative effect of exchange between scientists and deaf communities.
Children with Hearing Loss
Author: David Luterman
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780966182651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten for parents, siblings and extended family members who want a better understanding of the impact hearing loss can have in their young loved one. Hearing loss in children can have more devastating effects than in adults because it can impair the ability to learn vocabulary, grammar, word order, idiomatic expressions and other aspects of verbal communication. This is a guide on how to address the most important educational issues and processes through the school years, including legal rights and legislation. It also addresses the profound emotional impact hearing loss can have on a child and how it can affect the entire family dynamic. Readers can even prevent some of the pitfalls common among families new to a child with hearing loss. This book also covers the latest technology available to these children, especially in the classroom, including assistive listening devices, hearing aids and cochlear implants and dispels myths associated with wearing amplified.
Variation in Indonesian Sign Language
Author: Nick Palfreyman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-01-29
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1501504827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis pioneering work on Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) explores the linguistic and social factors that lie behind variation in the grammatical domains of negation and completion. Using a corpus of spontaneous data from signers in the cities of Solo and Makassar, Palfreyman applies an innovative blend of methods from sign language typology and Variationist Sociolinguistics, with findings that have important implications for our understanding of grammaticalisation in sign languages. The book will be of interest to linguists and sociolinguists, including those without prior experience of sign language research, and to all who are curious about the history of Indonesia’s urban sign community. Nick Palfreyman is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS), University of Central Lancashire.
