Making Sense : Language, Ethics, and Understanding in Deaf Nepal

Making Sense Language, Ethics, and Understanding in Deaf Nepal

"Making Sense explores the experiential, ethical, and intellectual stakes of living in, and thinking with, worlds wherein language cannot be taken for granted. In Nepal, many deaf signers use Nepali Sign Language (NSL), a young, conventional signed language. The majority of deaf Nepalis, howeve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Green, E. Mara (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press 2024.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Sign language > Social aspects.
Deafness > Social aspects > Nepal.
Deaf people > Means of communication > Nepal.
Deaf culture > Nepal.
Deaf people > Nepal > Social life and customs.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817319806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on English-language representation of non-English
  • Preliminary definitions of key terms
  • Introduction
  • Deaf theory
  • Taxonomic urges
  • Semiotics
  • Ethics
  • Understanding
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1 : deaf population in Maunabudhuk and Bodhe
  • Appendix 2 : English-language signing and sign community taxonomies
  • Appendix 3 : actions, orientations, consequences
  • Appendix 4 : guide to transcripts
  • Appendix 5 : transcripts.

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