Pite Sámi is an indigenous language with an estimated number of thirty remaining speakers and it is said to be dying, according to Ethnologue (Eberhard et al., 2019). Originally the language was spoken in Sweden and Norway. However, all the speakers in Norway have passed away leaving the remaining speakers in Sweden. This paper […]
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Bilingualism and Sign Language Acquisition for Deaf Children: Why Deaf Children Should Have Access to Bilingual Education and the Early Acquisition of Sign Language
Introduction There exist several misconceptions held by hearing individuals regarding the Deaf culture and the multiple sign languages. By instance, it is not unusual to see some people being surprised because they have just been told that sign language is not universal, and that there are in fact about 144 different sign languages (Ethnologue, 2019). […]
Welcome to my new linguistics blog
It is only since linguistics has become aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone. Ferdinand de Saussure At least 95 % of the time, when […]
The Funtastic World of Language and Linguistics 