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Sign Language Research, Uses and Practices : Crossing Views on Theoretical and Applied Sign Language Linguistics /

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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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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Meurant, Laurence (Editor), Sinte, Aurélie (Editor), Van Herreweghe, Mieke (Editor), Vermeerbergen, Myriam (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]
Series:Sign Languages and Deaf Communities SLDC ; 1.
Subjects:
Sign language.
Langage par signes.
Communication studies.
Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication.
Sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Sign Language.
Sign language
Applied Linguistics.
Intercultural Communication.
Sign Language.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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 (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9781614511472
1614511470