SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
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THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF<br />
• Unification – Standardization<br />
• see WFD POLICY_ WFD Statement on <strong>the</strong> Unification<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sign Languages<br />
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• WFD opposes all attempts to unify several sign<br />
languages to a single sign language<br />
• WFD also opposes purification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> language from<br />
outside <strong>the</strong> community – it is a natural process that<br />
languages change over time and that new signs gets<br />
adopted into <strong>the</strong> languages<br />
• “The control <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> any Sign Language<br />
must be left to any social group where <strong>the</strong> particular<br />
Sign Language is exercised.”
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