Author: Ulrike Zeshan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 1614511497
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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The book is a unique collection of research on sign languages that have emerged in rural communities with a high incidence of, often hereditary, deafness. These sign languages represent the latest addition to the comparative investigation of languages in the gestural modality, and the book is the first compilation of a substantial number of different "village sign languages".Written by leading experts in the field, the volume uniquely combines anthropological and linguistic insights, looking at both the social dynamics and the linguistic structures in these village communities. The book includes primary data from eleven different signing communities across the world, including results from Jamaica, India, Turkey, Thailand, and Bali. All known village sign languages are endangered, usually because of pressure from larger urban sign languages, and some have died out already. Ironically, it is often the success of the larger sign language communities in urban centres, their recognition and subsequent spread, which leads to the endangerment of these small minority sign languages. The book addresses this specific type of language endangerment, documentation strategies, and other ethical issues pertaining to these sign languages on the basis of first-hand experiences by Deaf fieldworkers.
Author: Denman Waldo Ross
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Author: Robert Michael Franklin
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451417401
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight as he identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutions that have played key roles in the black struggle for freedom. Black families face a "crisis of commitment" evident in the rising rates of father absence, births to unmarried parents, divorce, and domestic abuse or relationship violence. Black churches face a "mission crisis" as they struggle to serve their upwardly mobile and/or established middle class "paying customers" alongside the poorest of the poor. Historically black colleges and universities face a crisis of "relevance and purpose" as they now compete for the best students and faculty with the broad marketplace of colleges. With clarity and passion, Franklin calls for practical and comprehensive action for change from within the African American community and from all Americans.
Author: Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Author: Henry Sumner Maine
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Author: Charles Madge
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Category : Thailand
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: Henry Sumner Maine
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385526337
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author: Sir Henry Sumner Maine
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Author: Baden Henry Baden-Powell
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Author: Maine
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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