TY  - BOOK
ED  - Zeshan, Ulrike
ED  - de Vos, Connie
AB  - This book unites the work of both anthropologists and linguists who have conducted fieldwork in rural signing communities around the globe. In most cases, these signing communities have emerged in response to a high incidence of (often hereditary) deafness. In contrast to the national sign languages used in urban deaf communities, these indigenous sign languages are typically shared between deaf and hearing community members, thus facilitating a high degree of integration between deaf and hearing individuals. This volume represents the largest collection of comparative work across such "deaf villages" to date.
DO  - 10.1515/9781614511496
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1004478
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 823284323
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - sign language
KW  - linguistics
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/4990f74e-2fd8-4441-b686-602cece00d0b/9781614511496.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25618
PB  - De Gruyter
PP  - Berlin / Boston
PY  - 2012
SN  - 9781614512035
TI  - Sign Languages in Village Communities : Anthropological and Linguistic Insights
ER  - 
