Language Vitalization through Language Documentation and Description in the Kosovar Sign Language Community

• 1. autor: Hoyer, Karin (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Nijmegen Ishara Press 2013
• Seria: Ishara Research Series 1
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication; braille and other communication; language documentation; kosovo; deafness; deaf community; sign language; Deaf education; Deaf-community sign language; Endangered language; Hearing loss; Linguistics
• Dostęp online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This study on language vitalization and community empowerment in the Kosovar sign language community focuses on linguistic work taking place within the framework of a development co-operation project between two NGOs in Kosovo and Finland. The long-term objectives were to improve the status of Kosov...