Language Policy and Planning for Sign Languages

by Timothy G. Reagan

This volume addresses the burgeoning need for language policy and language planning for the sign languages used by deaf people. Author Timothy Reagan writes for two audiences in his new book, those who know language policy and language planning but not the Deaf World, and those well-versed in the Deaf cultural community but unfamiliar with language planning studies. To begin, Chapter 1 presents an overview of the Deaf World and a brief introduction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563684624
• ISBN13: 9781563684623
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"