Bilingualism & Identity In Deaf Communities: Volume 6 of Sociolinguistic Series

Melanie Metzger

Editor Melanie Metzger investigates the cultural perceptions by and of deaf people around the world. Ramsey and Noriega analyze cultural attempts to 'unify' deaf children with the rest of the community. Other contributors report similar phenomena in deaf communities in New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Spain, and in particular how society's view of deaf people affects how deaf people view themselves. A second theme in this collection is the impact of bilingualism in deaf communities. Hardcover 320 pages 2000

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