Sign language
Subtitle: a South African and global perspective
By: by Mirriam Ganiso, Russell Kaschula
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Saarbrücken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9783659321078
Subjects: Sign language; Research; Study and teaching; Language policy; Language planning; Deaf; Education; Means of communication
Description: "This book undertakes research into sign language planning and policy challenges with particular reference to South Africa. This is done against a global backdrop, thereby allowing for some comparative research and comment in an attempt to highlight best practice. It furthermore explores ways in which deaf learners' rights can possibly be protected through appropriate language policy and planning, in the same way that the rights of speakers of the eleven official languages are entrenched in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa"--Page 13.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184).
Table of contents: title: Introduction and research methodology; title: The history of sign language in South Africa; title: Global case studies of sign language : lessons for South Africa; title: Language policy and planning for sign language in South Africa; title: Research findings : an ethnographic and comparative analysis; title: Conclusion: Summary and recommendations.