The subjective vitality of British Sign Language (BSL) and social identity of the UK’s deaf linguistic minority group.
Conference poster
Carlton, C. and Westley, D. 2006. The subjective vitality of British Sign Language (BSL) and social identity of the UK’s deaf linguistic minority group. British Psychological Society Annual Conference.. City Hall, Cardiff.
Type | Conference poster |
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Title | The subjective vitality of British Sign Language (BSL) and social identity of the UK’s deaf linguistic minority group. |
Authors | Carlton, C. and Westley, D. |
Abstract | Objectives: Research suggests that mode of communication plays an integral part of a deaf persons’ identity. Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EVT) proposes that individuals adopt various strategies of ‘psycholinguistic distinctiveness’ and that such strategy have important linguistic correlates such as maintenance, promotion or extinction of a language. EVT suggests that a person’s view of their languages status, demographic strength and institutional support make up the vitality of an Ethno-linguistic minority group. Since, British Sign Language (BSL) has only recently been recognised in Britain as a language in its own right, the primary objective of this research is to explore the implications of recognition of BSL in terms of subjective vitality of the language and its relationship with social identity of the deaf people in the UK. |
Conference | British Psychological Society Annual Conference. |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Apr 2010 |
Completed | 2006 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
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