Medical Signbank as a Model for Sign Language Planning? A Review of Community Engagement
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| Title: | Medical Signbank as a Model for Sign Language Planning? A Review of Community Engagement |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Napier, Jemina, Major, George, Ferrara, Lindsay, Johnston, Trevor |
| Source: | Current Issues in Language Planning. 2015 16(3):279-295. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Models, Sign Language, Language Planning, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Deaf Interpreting, Internet, Information Sources, Futures (of Society), Program Development, Health Services, Identification, Ownership, Vocabulary Development |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14664208.2014.972536 |
| ISSN: | 1747-7506 |
| Abstract: | This paper reviews a sign language planning project conducted in Australia with deaf Auslan users. The Medical Signbank project utilised a cooperative language planning process to engage with the Deaf community and sign language interpreters to develop an online interactive resource of health-related signs, in order to address a gap in the health lexicon of Auslan. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the outcome of the bottom-up language planning model that was used in this context, and to make recommendations for similar future sign language planning projects. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 75 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1072214 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper reviews a sign language planning project conducted in Australia with deaf Auslan users. The Medical Signbank project utilised a cooperative language planning process to engage with the Deaf community and sign language interpreters to develop an online interactive resource of health-related signs, in order to address a gap in the health lexicon of Auslan. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the outcome of the bottom-up language planning model that was used in this context, and to make recommendations for similar future sign language planning projects. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-7506 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14664208.2014.972536 |
