Publications

Publication details [#65287]

Snoddon, Kristin. 2018. Whose ASL counts? Linguistic prescriptivism and challenges in the context of parent sign language curriculum development. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 21 (8) : 1004–1015.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

caregiver-child conversation | deafness | language revival | sign language | teacher

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article debates matters of language revival and linguistic prescriptivism linked to the teaching of American Sign Language (ASL) in Canada. It handles evolving an ASL curriculum for parents of deaf children that is ranked with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.