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Maartje De Meulder

 
9781788923996: The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World
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ISBN 10: 1788923995 ISBN 13: 9781788923996
Editorial: Channel View Publications, 2019

Sinopsis

This 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.

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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.

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Editorial
Channel View Publications
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1788923995
ISBN 13 
9781788923996
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
352
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