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Vermeerbergen, Myriam and Mieke Van Herreweghe. 2010. Deaf perspectives on communicative practices in South Africa: institutional language policies in educational settings. Text & Talk 30 (2) : 125–144.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

Interview data reveal an overall prevalence of communicative barriers for deaf people in South African educational contexts, causing different dimensions of power relations that may extend beyond school. The South African data also disclose stigmatization of signing and complex communication issues in South Africa's multilingual society. Linguistic ethnography on the contrary has produced interesting “counter-narratives”, giving deaf South Africans “a voice” in mainstream society.