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Language Policies and Sign Languages
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Ronice Müller de Quadros
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The Oxford Handbook of Language Policy and Planning
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Edited by James W. Tollefson and Miguel Pérez-Milans
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<div id="gmail-contentRoot"><div id="gmail-abstractAndKeywords"><h2 class="gmail-abstractMinus">Abstract and Keywords</h2><div class="gmail-abstract"><p>This
chapter argues for specific actions needed for language planning and
language policies involving sign languages and Deaf communities, based
on the understanding of what sign languages are, who the signers are,
where they sign, and the sign language transmission and maintenance
mechanisms of the Deaf community. The first section presents an overview
of sign languages and their users, highlighting that sign languages are
often used in contexts where most people use spoken languages. The
second section addresses the functions, roles, and status of sign
languages in relation to spoken languages, as well as the relationship
between Deaf communities and hearing society. The medical view of
deafness, which has a significant impact on language policies for Deaf
people, is critically considered. The third section offers examples of
language policies, especially related to the use of sign languages in
education, and an agenda for future work on sign language policy and
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Keywords: <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=Deaf community">Deaf community</a>, <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=language">language</a>, <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=language planning">language planning</a>, <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=language policy">language policy</a>, <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=sign language">sign language</a>, <a href="http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/search?f_0=keyword&q_0=education">education</a></p></div></div>
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Ronice Müller de Quadros
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<p class="gmail-authorAffiliation">Ronice Müller de Quadros is a
Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in
Brazil and Researcher at CNPQ (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Científico e Tecnológico, the National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development), focusing on research related to the study of
sign languages. She works with longitudinal and experimental data from
deaf children and bimodal bilingual hearing people in the Libras Corpus
Research Group. She is also coordinating the consolidation of the
National Libras Inventory, which includes several sub-projects for the
composition of the Libras documentation, with funding from CNPQ and the
Ministry of Culture of Brazil.</p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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