As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context

This book focuses on how sign language ideologies influence, manifest in, and are challenged by communicative practices. Sign languages are minority languages u

Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This

This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led

Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the languages of particular regions or genetic families, only a few cover