A Sociolinguistic History of British Sign Language in Northern Ireland

Autor/in	O'Connell, Noel
Titel	A Sociolinguistic History of British Sign Language in Northern Ireland
Quelle	In: Sign Language Studies, 22 (2022) 2, S.233-262 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0302-1475
Schlagwörter	Sociolinguistics; Language Variation; Sign Language; Foreign Countries; Diachronic Linguistics; Foreign Policy; Deafness; Protestants; Institutional Characteristics; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziolinguistik; Sprachenvielfalt; Gebärdensprache; Ausland; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Außenpolitik; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Großbritannien
Abstract	The development of a considerable body of literature on British Sign Language (BSL) now permits analyzing and describing the sociolinguistic history of the language. An impressive amount of sociolinguistic information on BSL pertaining to the United Kingdom (UK) provides rich material for such analysis, but, until now, very little BSL research has focused on Northern Ireland. BSL is the first and preferred language of the deaf community in Northern Ireland, and has held that position since the nineteenth century. Despite this, almost no attention has been given to the sociolinguistic history of BSL in the region. The aim in this article is to fill the gap in knowledge by detailing, as far as possible, the sociolinguistic history of BSL in Northern Ireland rooted in British colonialism. The study shows how Protestant schools played an important role in the transmission of BSL across the island of Ireland. This research is, therefore, an attempt to place the study of BSL in Northern Ireland within the canon of literature on sign language. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Gallaudet University Press. 800 Florida Avenue NE, Denison House, Washington, DC 20002-3695. Tel: 202-651-5488; Fax: 202-651-5489; Web site: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/SLS.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11