| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 389 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in bilingualism,
0928-1533 ;
v. 38
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Studies in bilingualism ; v. 38.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sign Bilingualism; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Code-mixing in signs and words in input to and output from children; Does the knowledge of a natural sign language facilitate deaf children's learning to read and write?; Bilingualism and deafness; Why variation matters; Deaf and hearing children; Can signed language be planned?; Language use and awareness of deaf and hearing children in a bilingual setting; Sign bilingualism in Spanish deaf education; Ideological signs in deaf education discourse. |
| Summary |
This volume provides a unique cross-disciplinary perspective on the external ecological and internal psycholinguistic factors that determine sign bilingualism, its development and maintenance at the individual and societal levels. Multiple aspects concerning the dynamics of contact situations involving a signed and a spoken or a written language are covered in detail, i.e. the development of the languages in bilingual deaf children, cross-modal contact phenomena in the productions of child and adult signers, sign bilingual education concepts and practices in diverse social contexts, deaf educa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sign language.
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Sign language. |
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Bilingualism.
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Bilingualism. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Deaf -- Means of communication.
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Deaf -- Means of communication. |
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Languages in contact.
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Languages in contact. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Plaza Pust, Carolina.
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Morales López, Esperanza.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sign bilingualism. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008 9789027241498 902724149X (DLC) 2008023396 (OCoLC)231031832 |
| ISBN |
9789027290427 (electronic book) |
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9027290423 (electronic book) |
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