[lg policy] ERIC bibitem: EJ864609 - Why Doesn't Everyone Here Speak Sign Language? Questions of Language Policy, Ideology and Economics

[Harold Schiffman]

EJ864609 - Why Doesn't Everyone Here Speak Sign Language? Questions of
Language Policy, Ideology and Economics
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ERIC #: EJ864609
Title: Why Doesn't Everyone Here Speak Sign Language? Questions of
Language Policy, Ideology and Economics
Authors: Rayman, Jennifer

 Current Issues in Language Planning, v10 n3 p338-350 Aug 2009

Publisher: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325
Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420;
Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date: 2009-08-00
Pages: 13
Pub Types: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:

This paper is a thought experiment exploring the possibility of
establishing universal bilingualism in Sign Languages. Focusing in the
first part on historical examples of inclusive signing societies such
as Martha's Vineyard, the author suggests that it is not possible to
create such naturally occurring practices of Sign Bilingualism in
societies with relatively few Deaf people. The second part examines
current policies that attempt to include Deaf people in wider society
through language and disability policies aiming to counteract
ideologies that perceive both Sign Language and the Deaf as deficient.
This section demonstrates how current policies fail to achieve full
inclusion of Deaf people. Using economic analysis the author shows in
the third part how the marginal status of Sign Languages as minority
languages can influence reduced economic and life chances of Deaf
citizens providing an argument for a radical reframing of current Sign
Language policies. (Contains 1 figure and 10 notes.)

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