Estimating size, scope, and membership of the speech/sign communities of undocumented indigenous/village sign languages: The Ban Khor case study

Language and Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-229

  Nonaka, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Methods; Thailand; Un(der)documented sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549111121     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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