Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ437782
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Sign Language, Culture and Community in a Traditional Yucatec Maya Village.
Johnson, Robert E.
Sign Language Studies, n73 p461-74 Win 1991
Examines a traditional Mayan village in the Yucatan where deaf inhabitants use a sign language that is distinct from that used in other Mexican communities. Because the hearing villagers are able to communicate in this sign language, the deaf inhabitants are almost fully integrated into the social and economic life of the village. (22 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Social Integration, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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