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Geraci, Carlo – Sign Language Studies, 2012
Italian Sign Language (LIS) is the name of the language used by the Italian Deaf community. The acronym LIS derives from Lingua italiana dei segni ("Italian language of signs"), although nowadays Italians refers to LIS as Lingua dei segni italiana, reflecting the more appropriate phrasing "Italian sign language." Historically,…
Descriptors: Dialects, American Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
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Hult, Francis M.; Compton, Sarah E. – Sign Language Studies, 2012
The role of languages is a central issue in deaf education. The function of sign languages in education and deaf students' opportunities to develop linguistic abilities in both sign languages and the dominant language(s) of a society are key considerations (Hogan-Brun 2009; Reagan 2010, 53; Swanwick 2010a). Accordingly, what Kaplan and Baldauf…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Language of Instruction