Indian Sign Language(S) / Devy, G N

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Devy, G. N. (Chief Editor)

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Language: English Series: People's linguistic survey of India, v. 38 ; volume 38Publication details: Orient Blackswan, Bhasha 2014 Hyderabad:Edition: 1st edDescription: xli, 198 pages : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9788125054894

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Linguistics

DDC classification:

419.7 DEV

Summary: This thirty-eighth volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India is devoted to the Indian Sign Language (ISL), the language of the Deaf in India. The articles in the volume are divided into four parts. The first discusses both its formal linguistic and ‘orthographic’ features; the second presents the sociolinguistic themes of the ISL such as bilingualism and language variety as well as language planning and policy issues. Part three presents various synchronic aspects of the ISL. The final part comprises articles on themes interfacing Sign Languages and other knowledge systems. This very first collection of articles on the ISL, is a critically important contribution to the discipline.

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Cross-cultural studies"The People's Linguistic Survey of India is a project of Bhasha Research and Publication centre, partly funded by Sir Jamsetji Tata Trust, Mumbai."

This thirty-eighth volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India is devoted to the Indian Sign Language (ISL), the language of the Deaf in India. The articles in the volume are divided into four parts. The first discusses both its formal linguistic and ‘orthographic’ features; the second presents the sociolinguistic themes of the ISL such as bilingualism and language variety as well as language planning and policy issues. Part three presents various synchronic aspects of the ISL. The final part comprises articles on themes interfacing Sign Languages and other knowledge systems. This very first collection of articles on the ISL, is a critically important contribution to the discipline.

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