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Family Language Policy on Holiday: Four Multilingual Signing and Speaking Families Travelling Together
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Kusters, Annelies; De Meulder, Maartje; Napier, Jemina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Most FLP research focuses on intrafamily communication (1FLP) and how this is impacted by larger contexts. But what happens when different multilingual families interact intensively on a daily basis? This article analyses language use during a holiday in India in and between four deaf-hearing befriended families, and how this evolved over the…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Travel, Multilingualism, Language Usage
The Making of the Shillong Sign Language Multimedia Lexicon (ShSL MML)
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Wallang, Melissa G. – Sign Language Studies, 2015
Despite the fact that Indian Sign Language (ISL) has a significant influence on the native signers in northeastern India, no studies of ISL have yet taken into account the nature of the sign languages in use in this region. This article examines the emergence of both Shillong Sign Language and the Deaf community of Shillong and discusses the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Multimedia Materials, Deafness, Foreign Countries
The Relationship of Sign Language Varieties in India, Pakistan, and Nepal.
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Woodward, James C. – Sign Language Studies, 1993
Recent research has shown that sign language varieties in India and Pakistan are related. This report examines the possible relationship of sign language varieties in India and Pakistan to those in Nepal by analyzing comparative lexical data from sign language varieties in the three countries. (10 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Variation