Sign languages and linguistic citizenship : a critical ethnographic study of the Yangon deaf community / Ellen Foote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foote, Ellen, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge critical studies in multilingualism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Burma--Rangoon.

Deaf people.

Burmese Sign Language.

Language policy--Burma.

Language policy.

Burma.

Burma--Rangoon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Ellen Foote is a researcher who received her PhD in Linguistics from the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London, in 2018.

Contents:

Deafness and sign language in Myanmar

The politics of language in Myanmar

Entering the deaf community: language, identity and social participation

Negotiating language and reconstructing identities: language policy at the Mary Chapman School

Community ideologies of linguistic authenticity and their political function: unofficial community language policy

Diverse perspectives on language, equality and citizenship

Community responses to the Myanmar sign language standardisation project.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 11, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Foote, Ellen. Sign languages and linguistic citizenship

ISBN:

9780429296086

0429296088

9781000298758

1000298752

9781000298710

100029871X

9781000298734

1000298736

Publisher Number:

40030354624

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.