South African Sign Language - one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19456809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debra Aarons (Stellenbosch University), Philemon Akach (Africa Society for Blood Transfusion) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1027-3417 • E-ISSN: 2223-9936 |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch University (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.5774/31-0-55 |
| OpenAlex | W2034624243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this article we discuss the signed language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, and examine the historical conditions for its emergence. We describe the legal and actual situation of South Afiican Sign Language in South Africa today, larly in relation to schooling. We investigate the different factors that underlie the claims that there is more than one sign language in South Africa, and we spell out the practical consequences of accepting these claims without further examination
Language interpretation · Linguistics · Sign language · Sociolinguistics of sign languages · Sociology · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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South African Sign Language - one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |