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Katherine Rowley; Kearsy Cormier – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2024
The distinction between natural sign languages and sign-supported speech is a controversial topic and difficult to assess purely on structural terms because of language contact. Here, we consider British Sign Language (BSL) and Sign Supported English (SSE) with reference to Irvine and Gal's (2000. Language ideology and linguistic differentiation.…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Differences, Language Attitudes, Nonverbal Communication
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Nora Duggan; Ingela Holmström – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2024
Disabled people encounter numerous barriers to accessibility and face discrimination and inequalities in their daily lives. The situation is even more complex for migrants with a disability, who have to learn how to navigate a new bureaucratic system. This study focuses on deaf adult migrants and the linguistic and bureaucratic challenges they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Adults, Adult Education
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Carmel Carne; Marcelyn Oostendorp; Anne Baker – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2024
This exploratory study provides an overview of prominent themes pertaining to portrayals of sign languages (SLs) and Deaf people in the South African press (2011-2019), as well as an analysis of a subset of articles to illustrate the discursive constructions of each of the prominent ideological framings. The findings of the paper suggest that many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Deafness, News Media