Sign Languages and Linguistic Citizenship

Taylor & Francis

Sign Languages and Linguistic CitizenshipA Critical Ethnographic Study of the Yangon Deaf Community\nAuthor(s): Ellen Foote\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367680046, 978-0367680046\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nThe 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 countrys 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, politica.