Language Policy and Planning for Sign Languages

by Reagan, Timothy G.

• ISBN13: 9781563684623
• ISBN10: 1563684624
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-30
• Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr

Summary

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 to sign language in general. The second chapter outlines a broad overview of language policy and language planning studies both as an academic discipline and an applied type of social engineering.In Chapter 3, Reagan examines the specifics of American Sign Language in terms of the history of language policy and planning from the nineteenth century to the post-Congress of Milan period and its form in recent years. The fourth chapter critically examines the creation of manual codes used in deaf education in the U.S. and elsewhere. Chapter 5 analyzes language policy and planning in settings around the world, and the final chapter recommends steps and methods for future language policy and planning efforts for sign language. The cohesive rationale offered inLanguage Policy and Planning for Sign Languageswill prove to be invaluable to all administrators and educators working with populations that use sign languages.

Author Biography

Timothy G. Reagan is Professor of Teacher Education at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Editorial Advisory Board	p. xiii
Editor's Note	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Sign Language and the DeafWorld as a Special Case: An Overview	p. 1
Language Planning and Language Policy: An Introduction	p. 31
American Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy	p. 97
The Creation and Use of Manual Sign Codes as Language Planning	p. 129
International Perspectives on Sign Language, Language Planning, and Language Policy	p. 155
Conclusion: The DeafWorld, Language, and Power	p. 180
Appendices	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 241
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