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- Title
New sign language new(S): the globalization of sign language in the smartphone era.
- Authors
Tannenbaum-Baruchi, Carolina; Feder-Bubis, Paula
- Abstract
Languages are dynamic and change over the years. Changes in sign languages have been usually initiated to accommodate the needs of the local Deaf community. With the increase in smartphone use, sign languages are influenced not only by the local Deaf community, but also by foreign Deaf people on the other side of the screen, regardless of their location. Smartphones influence the sign language itself and the Deaf community by connecting different communities of Deaf people through messages, shared information and experiences, and news delivery. The popularity of this technology among Deaf communities is a social phenomenon emerging from Deaf people themselves. Smartphones may promote the globalization of sign language, shortening distances between Deaf communities around the world.
- Subjects
COMMUNITIES; DEAFNESS; INTERNATIONAL relations; PEOPLE with disabilities; SIGN language; SMARTPHONES
- Publication
Disability & Society, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 2, p309
- ISSN
0968-7599
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/09687599.2017.1383034