Deaf & Sign history, Ottoman / Modern Turkey 1300-2008

[m. miles]

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Colleagues, Friends, Sign Linguists, Historians --
 
"Deaf People, Sign Language & Communication, in Ottoman & Modern Turkey: observations and excerpts from 1300 to 2008, from sources in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Turkish, with introduction and some annotation"    is now open online, at:     www.independentliving.org/miles200907.html   and .pdf
 
I have also just revised the shorter annotated bibliog, 
"Hittite Deaf Men in the 13th Century BC",   within the context of ancient and medieval evidence of deaf people in the Middle East, at:     www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200809.html  and .pdf
 
There are remarkable historical treasures in Turkey, for the Deaf World and its history, and probably also for historical Sign Linguistics. The question of a link between Ottoman SL and the modern Turkish SL / TID  remains open -- but as textual evidence mounts up, suggesting that Ottoman SL was in use well beyond the confines of the royal palaces, it should be easier to see OSL as a likely contributor to TID, and possibly to some other SLs in the region.
 
M. Miles
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