Schembri, A;
Rowley, K;
Leeson, L;
(2024)
Sign Languages in Britain and Ireland.
In: Fox, Susan, (ed.)
Language in Britain and Ireland Thrid Edition.
(pp. 439-452).
Cambridge University Press
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Abstract
In this chapter, we give a brief overview of the structure, use, and history of British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language, the majority sign languages of the Deaf communities in the United Kingdom and Ireland respectively. After an introduction to the history and social context of each sign language, we present some key features of their grammar, before discussing sociolinguistic variation and change in the two varieties. We close with a discussion of the some of the key applied linguistics dimensions of research into the two sign languages.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sign Languages in Britain and Ireland |
| ISBN-13: | 9781108477321 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108769617.028 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769617.028 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Sign languages, Deaf communities, British Sign Language, Irish Sign Language, grammatical description, sociolinguistics of sign languages, applied linguistics of sign languages |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10217105 |
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