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Signed languages and sociopolitical formation: The case of “contributing to society” through Hồ Chí Minh City Sign Language

Language in society, 2014, Vol.43 (3), p.311-332 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 ;Copyright © 2014 Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0047-4045 ;EISSN: 1469-8013 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0047404514000219 ;CODEN: LGSCBO

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Title:
Signed languages and sociopolitical formation: The case of “contributing to society” through Hồ Chí Minh City Sign Language
Author: Cooper, Audrey C
Subjects: Analysis ; Articles ; Citizenship ; Deaf ; Deaf education ; Deafness ; Disabilities ; Education ; educational policy ; Ethnography ; Hearing loss ; Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language ; Ideologies ; Ideology ; Language ; Linguistic anthropology ; Linguistics ; Manual Communication ; Political Factors ; Political reform ; Sign language ; Sign languages ; Social Change ; Social Factors ; social identity ; Sociolinguistics ; Special schools ; Usage ; Vietnam
Is Part Of: Language in society, 2014, Vol.43 (3), p.311-332
Description: Claims about signed languages present a unique resource for examining sociopolitical formation and change. Examining three claims drawn from original ethnographic data on Hồ Chí Minh City Sign Language, analysis centers on the ways language practices and language ideologies reflect, respond to, and impact sociopolitical formation in Việt Nam, particularly in connection to state restructuring of deaf education during the political reform period (1986 to present). Signer narratives evaluate such circumstances in relation to notions of citizenship, national development, and social participation to posit signed language as the basis for Deaf people's contributions to national development and broader social change. Articulations between signed language and sociopolitical formation have been largely ignored within mainstream social science disciplines and global disability-oriented development, hindering theoretical and practical projects. This article aims to expand the theoretical scope of language-centered inquiry by demonstrating how ethnographic research on signed languages contributes to examination of sociopolitical formation. (Signed language, Việt Nam, deaf education, sociopolitical, citizenship)*
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0047-4045
EISSN: 1469-8013
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404514000219
CODEN: LGSCBO
Source: ProQuest Central

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Signed languages and sociopolitical formation: The case of “contributing to society” through Hồ Chí Minh City Sign Language

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 ;Copyright © 2014 Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0047-4045 ;EISSN: 1469-8013 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0047404514000219 ;CODEN: LGSCBO

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