Publications

Publication details [#11824]

Okombo, Duncan Okoth and P.O. Akach. 1997. Language Convergence and Wave Phenomena in the Growth of a National Sign Language in Kenya. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 125 : 131–144. 14 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

deafness | linguistic convergence | sign language

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

It is emphasized how natural social trends (increase in deaf awareness, language convergence, influence of innovative centers) and not dependence on imported sign languages, gave way to the development of a national sign language in Kenya.