Sign language research, uses and practices

Sign linguistics cannot be separated from deaf community practices, especially with regard to education and interpretation. This book brings together work on sign language interpreting, the use of spoken and sign language with CI children and early language development in children exposed to both a...

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Main Author: Meurant, Laurence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter Mouton/Ishara Press [2013], 2013
Series:Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Sign linguistics cannot be separated from deaf community practices, especially with regard to education and interpretation. This book brings together work on sign language interpreting, the use of spoken and sign language with CI children and early language development in children exposed to both a spoken and sign language. In addition, it includes papers addressing aspects of sign language structure and methodological issues in sign language research. This book has relevance for those teaching and learning sign languages, for professional and student interpreters and for teachers of the deaf
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1614511993
9781614511991