Sign Language Diglossia in a British Deaf Community.

Deuchar, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1977

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Sign Language Diglossia in a British Deaf Community

Deuchar, Margaret

Sign Language Studies, 17, 347-56, Win 77

Among British deaf adults there are at least two varieties of Sign Language in use. The structure and functions of sign language in the deaf community at Reading are examined to consider whether the British deaf community might be diglossic. The process used is described and references are included. (AMH)

Descriptors: Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Diglossia, Finger Spelling, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Lipreading, Manual Communication, Sign Language, Sociolinguistics

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