| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 327 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The legal recognition of sign languages : advocacy and outcomes around the world / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee -- "Ah, that's not necessary, you can read English instead" : an analysis of state language policy concerning Irish sign language and its effect / John Bosco Conama -- The Korean Sign Language Act / Sung-Eun Hong, Hyunhwa Lee, Mi-Hye Lee and Seung-Il Byun -- The road to Maltese sign language recognition / Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Karl Borg, Dorianne Callus, Keith Callus, Steven Mulvaney, Alison Vere, Annabelle Xerri and Ripard Xuereb Loran -- Recognising British sign language in Scotland / Lilian Lawson, Frankie McLean, Rachel O'Neill and Rob Wilks -- A roof without foundation : shifts in the legal and practical status of Turkish sign language (TİD) since 2005 / Deniz İlkbaşaran and Okan Kubus -- Progress and problems in the campaign for sign language recognition in Japan / Soya Mori and Atsubumi Sugimoto -- American Sign Language legislation in the United States / Joseph J. Murray -- Towards the recognition of Chilean Sign Language / Maribel González, Andrea Pérez, Juan Luis Marín and Camila Villavicencio -- The societal and political recognition of French Sign Language (LSF) in France : 1970-2018 / Yann Cantin, Florence Encrevé and Marie-Thérèse L'Huillier -- In pursuit of legal recognition of the Netherlands / Richard Cokart, Trude Schermer, Corrie Tijsseling and Eva Westerhoff -- The "language issue" : the struggle and path for the recognition of LIS / Carlo Geraci and Humberto Insolera -- Sign language legislation in Norway / Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen and Paal Richard Peterson -- Austrian Sign Language : recognition achieved but discrimination continues / Franz Dotter, Verena Krausneker, Helene Jarmer and Lukas Huber -- Implementing recognition of New Zealand Sign Language : 2006-2018 / Rachel McKee and Victoria Manning -- The legal recognition of Icelandic Sign Language : meeting deaf people's expectations / Valgerður Stefánsdóttir, Ari Pall Kristinsson and Julia G. Hreinsdottir -- Recognizing Brazilian Sign Language : legislation and outcomes / Ronice Müller de Quadros and Marianne Rossi Stumpf -- Legal recognition and regulation of Catalan Sign Language / Maria Josep Jarque, Marta Bosch-Baliarda and Menchu González -- A Belgian compromise : recognising French-Belgian Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language / Maartje De Meulder and Thierry Haesenne -- Epilogue : claiming multiple positionalities : lessons from the first two decades of sign language recognition / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Deaf -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Sign language -- Law and legislation.
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Bilingualism & multilingualism.
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Human rights.
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Civil rights & citizenship.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Sign language -- Law and legislation
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Deaf -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Meulder, Maartje, editor
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Murray, Joseph J., editor
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McKee, Rachel Locker, 1963- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781788924016 |
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1788924010 |
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9781788924023 |
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1788924029 |
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