TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoyer,Karin
TI  - Language Vitalization through Language Documentation and Description in the Kosovar Sign Language Community
T2  - Ishara Research Series
SN  - 9789086560004
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Nijmegen
PB  - Ishara Press
KW  - Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication
KW  - bicssc
KW  - braille and other communication
KW  - deaf community
KW  - Deaf education
KW  - Deaf-community sign language
KW  - deafness
KW  - Endangered language
KW  - Hearing loss
KW  - kosovo
KW  - language documentation
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - sign language
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - 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 Kosovar Sign Language (KosSL) and to guarantee the human (linguistic) rights of Deaf language users - for them to obtain access to society on an equal basis with other citizens. This was implemented through lobbying for legal recognition of KosSL and by advocacy work directed at governmental authorities.  One of the central activities in the project was to conduct basic documentation and description of KosSL, and provide linguistic training for representatives of the sign language community.    The study has implications for similar language vitalization work in sign language communities, including the importance of raised language awareness, involving the whole community, and Deaf role models in the implementation of the work. Methodological issues dealt with a range of different topics; from the relationship between the language community and the outside advisor, to language use and everyday working methods. Partnership-enhancing methods had a significant influence on the success of the project, and resulted in community members' ownership of the work
UR  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33912
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/edcb2067-ce8b-4ce2-bbc1-c4bba2bf7057/442947.pdf
ER  -