Medical Signbank as a model for sign language planning? A review of community engagement

Jemina Napier; George Major; Lindsay Ferrara; Trevor Johnston

doi:10.1080/14664208.2014.972536

Medical Signbank as a model for sign language planning? A review of community engagement

Jemina Napier^*, George Major, Lindsay Ferrara, Trevor Johnston

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Abstract

This paper reviews a sign language planning project conducted in Australia with deaf Auslan users. The Medical Signbank project utilised a cooperative language planning process to engage with the Deaf community and sign language interpreters to develop an online interactive resource of health-related signs, in order to address a gap in the health lexicon of Auslan. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the outcome of the bottom-up language planning model that was used in this context, and to make recommendations for similar future sign language planning projects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-295
Number of pages	17
Journal	Current Issues in Language Planning
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2014.972536
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2015

Keywords

language planning
sign language
Auslan
medical terminology
community engagement

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