Attitudes Towards the Official Recognition of Hong Kong Sign Language by Hong Kong Citizens
作者机构：Faculty of HumanitiesUniversity of AmsterdamPC HoofthuisSpuistraat 1341012 VBAmsterdamNetherlands
出 版 物：《Journal of Linguistics and Education Research》 (语言与教育研究（英文）)
年 卷 期：2019年第2卷第2期
页 面：28-43页
学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
主 题：Sign language recognition Official language Status planning Language attitude HKSL
摘 要：This paper is a pilot study that investigates the attitudes towards the official recognition of Hong Kong Sign Language(HKSL)by Hong Kong *** used video-chat software(mainly WhatsApp,and Facebook Messenger,but also FaceTime)to conduct long-distance semi-structured interviews with 30 participants grouped as deaf,hearing-related(hearing people that are closely involved in the Deaf community),and hearing-unrelated(hearing people that have little contact with deaf people and the Deaf community).Results show that the majority of participants(N=22)holds a supportive attitude towards the recognition of HKSL;Five participants hold a neutral position,and three participants hold a negative attitude towards *** discussed each type of attitude in *** show that participants’attitudes are positively related to their awareness of deaf people’s need,the understanding of‘language recognition’,and personal world *** other words,the more participants are aware,the more they foster official recognition,at least as a general *** also indicate that hearing people who are not involved in the Deaf community know very little about deaf people and the Deaf community,in *** the end of the paper,we also reflect on two issues:we argue that the standardization of HKSL plays an important role in deaf education and empowering citizenship awareness and participation.
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