Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience

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Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience

Author	: Ila Parasnis
File Size	: 49,8 Mb
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 28 August 1998
ISBN	: 0521645654
Pages	: 324 pages

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Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience by Ila Parasnis Book PDF Summary

This edited book presents an detailed analysis of the experience of deaf people as a bilingual-bicultural minority group in America. An overview of mainstream research on bilingualism and biculturalism is followed by specific research and conceptual analyses which examine the impact of cultural and language diversity on the experiences of deaf people. The book ends with poignant personal reflections from deaf community members. The contributors include prominent deaf and hearing experts in bilingualism, ASL and Deaf culture, and deaf education.

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