Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience

Book Overview

The perspective that deaf people should be regarded as a cultural and language minority group rather than individuals with an audiological disability is gathering support among educators, linguists, and researchers involved in the education of deaf people across America. This book explores the notion that deaf people are members of a bilingual-bicultural minority group, whose experiences often overlap with the those of hearing minority group members,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645654
• ISBN13: 9780521645652
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"