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Deaf around the world
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- Book Synopsis
- Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.
- About The Author
- Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University. Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780199732548
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (27 January 2011)
- Number of Pages
- 398
- Weight
- 703 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 163 x 239 x 35.6 mm
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