Ellen Foote

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Sign Languages and Linguistic Citizenship: A Critical Ethnographic Study of the Yangon Deaf CommunityPaperback, 1 August 2022

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Part of Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism
Print Length
172 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Routledge
Date Published
1 Aug 2022
ISBN-10
0367680041
ISBN-13
9780367680046

Description

This critical ethnographic account of the Yangon deaf community in Myanmar offers unique insights into the dynamics of a vibrant linguistic and cultural minority community in the region and also sheds further light on broader questions around language policy.

The book examines language policies on different scales, demonstrating how unofficial policies in the local deaf school and wider Yangon deaf community impact responses to higher level interventions, namely the 2007 government policy aimed at unifying the country's two sign languages. Foote highlights the need for a critical and interdisciplinary approach to the study of language policy, unpacking the interplay between language ideologies, power relations, political and moral interests and community conceptualisations of citizenship. The study's findings are situated within wider theoretical debates within linguistic anthropology, questioning existing paradigms on the notion of linguistic authenticity and contributing to ongoing debates on the relationship between language policy and social justice.

Offering an important new contribution to critical work on language policy, the book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and language education.

Product Details

Author:
Ellen Foote
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 August 2022
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 0.99 cm
ISBN-10:
0367680041
ISBN-13:
9780367680046
Language:
English
Location:
Oxford
Pages:
172
Publisher:
Weight:
263.08 gm

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