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020 _a9781788923996
040 _cLCIC LIBRARY
082 _aREF 346.013087 L52
100 _aMaartje De Meulder
_eEditor
245 4 _aThe legal recognition of sign languages :
_badvocacy and outcomes around the world /
260 _aBristol :
_bChannel View Publications,
_c2019.
300 _a 1 online resource (xxiii, 327 pages) : illustrations
300 _a5575 pages;
520 _aThis 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
650 _a Bilingualism & multilingualism
650 _aCivil rights & citizenship
650 _aLAW Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
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