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Deuchar, Margaret – 1978
This paper deals with the integrative function of sign language in the British deaf community. Sign language communities exhibit a special case of diglossia in that they exist within a larger, hearing community not necessarily characterized by diglossia itself. British Sign Language includes at least two diglossic varieties, with different…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Deafness, Dialect Studies, Diglossia
