Sign Language Ideologies in Practice
Author | : Annelies Kusters |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2020-08-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501510021 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501510029 |
Rating | : 4/5 (029 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sign Language Ideologies in Practice by : Annelies Kusters
Download or read book Sign Language Ideologies in Practice written by Annelies Kusters and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how sign language ideologies influence, manifest in, and are challenged by communicative practices. Sign languages are minority languages using the visual-gestural and tactile modalities, whose affordances are very different from those of spoken languages using the auditory-oral modality.