The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World

The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World

Maartje de Meulder (Editor), Joseph J. Murray (Editor), Rachel L. McKee (Editor)
$39.95
Publication Date: June 17th, 2019
Publisher:
Multilingual Matters Limited
ISBN:
9781788923996
Pages:
352
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Description

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, their impacts and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. Each chapter is grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns.

About the Author

Maartje De Meulder is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality (NaLTT), University of Namur, Belgium. Her research interests include sign language policy and planning, sign language rights, family language policy, multilingualism and sign language maintenance and revitalisation. Joseph J. Murray is Professor in the Department of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA. A trained historian, his work explores ways in which deaf people navigate their societies as sign language minorities. Rachel L. McKee is Programme Director of NZSL Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include sign language documentation, sign language policy, sociolinguistic variation in sign language, interpreting, and sign language teaching and learning.