The legal recognition of sign languages : advocacy and outcomes around the world / edited by Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Meulder, Maartje, editor.

Murray, Joseph J., editor.

McKee, Rachel Locker, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Deaf people.

Sign language--Law and legislation.

Sign language.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]

Contents:

Introduction. The legal recognition of sign languages : advocacy and outcomes around the world / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee.

Part 1. Recent sing language laws. "Ah, that's not necessary, you can read English instead" : an analysis of state language policy concerning Irish sign language and its effect / John Bosco Conama ; The Korean Sign Language Act / Sung-Eun Hong, Hyunhwa Lee, Mi-Hye Lee and Seung-Il Byun ; The road to Maltese sign language recognition / Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Karl Borg, Dorianne Callus, Keith Callus, Steven Mulvaney, Alison Vere, Annabelle Xerri and Ripard Xuereb Loran ; Recognising British sign language in Scotland / Lilian Lawson, Frankie McLean, Rachel O'Neill and Rob Wilks

Part 2. Implicit legal recognition. A roof without foundation : shifts in the legal and practical status of Turkish sign language (TİD) since 2005 / Deniz İlkbaşaran and Okan Kubus ; Progress and problems in the campaign for sign language recognition in Japan / Soya Mori and Atsubumi Sugimoto ; American Sign Language legislation in the United States / Joseph J. Murray ; Towards the recognition of Chilean Sign Language / Maribel González, Andrea Pérez, Juan Luis Marín and Camila Villavicencio ; The societal and political recognition of French Sign Language (LSF) in France : 1970-2018 / Yann Cantin, Florence Encrevé and Marie-Thérèse L'Huillier

Part 3. Ongoing campaigns towards explicitly legal recognition. In pursuit of legal recognition of the Netherlands / Richard Cokart, Trude Schermer, Corrie Tijsseling and Eva Westerhoff ; The "language issue" : the struggle and path for the recognition of LIS / Carlo Geraci and Humberto Insolera ; Sign language legislation in Norway / Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen and Paal Richard Peterson

Part 4. Implementation of sign language laws. Austrian Sign Language : recognition achieved but discrimination continues / Franz Dotter, Verena Krausneker, Helene Jarmer and Lukas Huber ; Implementing recognition of New Zealand Sign Language : 2006-2018 / Rachel McKee and Victoria Manning ; The legal recognition of Icelandic Sign Language : meeting deaf people's expectations? / Valgerður Stefánsdóttir, Ari Páll Kristinsson and Júlía G. Hreinsdóttir ; Recognizing Brazilian Sign Language : legislation and outcomes / Ronice Müller de Quadros and Marianne Rossi Stumpf

Legal recognition and regulation of Catalan Sign Language / Maria Josep Jarque, Marta Bosch-Baliarda and Menchu González ; A Belgian compromise : recognising French-Belgian Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language / Maartje De Meulder and Thierry Haesenne

Epilogue: Claiming multiple positionalities : lessons from the first two decades of sign language recognition / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781788924009

1788924002

9781788923996

1788923995

OCLC:

1084643614