{"product_id":"to-the-lexicon-and-beyond-mieke-van-herreweghe-9781563683060","title":"To the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities Volume 10","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 10 of the series explores sociolinguistics in various European Deaf communities. Editors Van Herreweghe and Vermeerbergen present a wide array of research inspired by the Sociolinguistics Symposium 14 held at Ghent University, Belgium, in April 2002. Noted contributors from Finland, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain and the United Kingdom offer insights gleaned from the languages of their countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart One of this five-part volume investigates multilingualism and language contact among Finland-Swedish Deaf People. Part Two looks at regional variation and the evolution of signs in Flemish Sign Language, as well as gender-influenced variation in Irish Sign Language. Language policy and planning receives consideration in the third part, with a study of sign language lexical variation in the Netherlands and an analysis of the risks of codification in Flemish Sign Language. Part Four examines the implementation of bilingual programs for deaf students throughout Europe, and updates research on language use visually oriented in Swedish Deaf education classrooms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final part of \u003ci\u003eTo the Lexicon and Beyond: Sociolinguistics in European Deaf Communities\u003c\/i\u003e presents data on language attitudes, including a census of sign language users in Spain that reveal a changing language community. The last chapter of this fascinating assembly assays British Deaf communities and language identity in relation to issues of transnationality in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mieke Van Herreweghe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563683067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563683060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallaudet University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.34w x 0.91d","brand":"Mieke Van Herreweghe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44919980785919,"sku":"9781563683060","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c34e9646-77f4-4a89-9829-9e8d01695661.jpg?v=1710359891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-the-lexicon-and-beyond-mieke-van-herreweghe-9781563683060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}