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Title Sign languages in village communities : anthropological and linguistic insights / edited by Ulrike Zeshan, Connie de Vos.

Publication Info. Boston : De Gruyter Mouton ; Nijmegen, Netherlands : Ishara Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Sign language typology ; 4
Sign language typology series ; no. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary The book is a unique collection of research on sign languages that have emerged in rural communities with a high incidence of, often hereditary, deafness. These ""village sign languages"" represent the latest addition to the comparative investigation of languages in the gestural modality. With analyses and primary data from eleven different rural communities, the volume represents the first concerted effort by leading experts in both anthropology and linguistics to capture the social dynamics of ""deaf villages"". The chapters address pertinent issues in contemporary linguistics, such as cross.
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Subject Sign language.
Sign language.
Anthropological linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Zeshan, Ulrike.
De Vos, Connie.
ISBN 9781614511496 (electronic book)
1614511497 (electronic book)