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Autor/in | Jepson, Jill |
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Titel | Urban and Rural Sign Language in India. |
Quelle | In: Language in Society, 20 (1991) 1, S.37-57 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0047-4045 |
Schlagwörter | Comparative Analysis; Deafness; Distinctive Features (Language); Foreign Countries; Language Standardization; Rural Urban Differences; Sign Language; Sociolinguistics; India |
Abstract | Comparison of Indian rural and urban sign languages of the deaf found that the urban form transmitted information primarily by means of appeal to a shared linguistic code, and the rural form mainly by appeal to communal nonlinguistic knowledge. Both languages employed effective and appropriate means given their environments. (23 references) (Author/CB) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |