People's Linguistic Survey of India: Indian Sign Language(s) Vol. 38

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TextSeries: Peoples Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI)Publication details: Orient Blackswan Private Limited 2014 New DelhiDescription: 198pISBN:

9788125054894

Subject(s):

Language Surveys - India

DDC classification:

491.4 DEV

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	7th Floor Silence Zone	Reference	491.4 DEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		M0032015

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Part I: Features of the Indian Sign Language
1. Overview and Early History of Indian Sign Language / Madan M. Vasishta
2. Distinctive Features of the Indian Sign Language in Comparison to Foreign Sign Languages / Ulrike Zeshan
3. Space, Units and Order in ISL / Hidam Gourashyam Singh
4. Local Representative Signs of the Western Region / Nisha Grover
5. Fingerspelling / Rajesh Ketkar
6. Sign Writing / Hidam Gourashyam Singh

Part II: Education and Policy
7. Sign Bilingualism / Surinder P. K. Randhawa
8. Alipur, a Village with Hereditary Deafness in India: A Sociolinguistic and Socio-educational Profile / Sibaji Panda
9. Legislation and Policies in Relation to Sign Language and Sign Language Rights / Tanmoy Bhattacharya and Surinder P. K. Randhawa

Part III: The Present Situation
10. A Personal Account of Historical Developments of Indian Sign Language / Madan M. Vasishta
11. Indian Sign Language and Humour in Cyberspace / Neha Kulshreshtha
12. Organisations of Deaf People / Compiled by Atiya Hajee
13. Voices / Compiled by Surinder P. K. Randhawa
14. The Future of Indian Sign Language / Compiled by Surinder P. K. Randhawa

Part IV: Sign Language and Other Knowledge Systems
15. Signs in Indian Tradition—the Chinha Shastra / Ganesh Devy
16. Sign Language and Signing in the Traditions of Performance in India / Tista Bagchi
17. Sign Iconicity and New Epistemologies / Tanmoy Bhattacharya

Part V: Appendices
Appendix I: A List of Films / (Compiled by Surinder P. K. Randhawa)
Appendix II: Sign Vocabulary of Western India (Gujarat) / (Drawn by Sanjeev Bhatt)
Bibliography of Indian Sign Language and Deaf Studies / (Compiled by Samar Sinha)

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