Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legal recognition of sign languages : advocacy and outcomes around the world / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee -- "Ah, that's not necessary, you can read English instead" : an analysis of state language policy concerning Irish sign language and its effect / John Bosco Conama -- The Korean Sign Language Act / Sung-Eun Hong, Hyunhwa Lee, Mi-Hye Lee and Seung-Il Byun -- The road to Maltese sign language recognition / Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Karl Borg, Dorianne Callus, Keith Callus, Steven Mulvaney, Alison Vere, Annabelle Xerri and Ripard Xuereb Loran -- Recognising British sign language in Scotland / Lilian Lawson, Frankie McLean, Rachel O'Neill and Rob Wilks -- A roof without foundation : shifts in the legal and practical status of Turkish sign language (TİD) since 2005 / Deniz İlkbaşaran and Okan Kubus -- Progress and problems in the campaign for sign language recognition in Japan / Soya Mori and Atsubumi Sugimoto -- American Sign Language legislation in the USA / Joseph J. Murray -- Towards the recognition of Chilean Sign Language / Maribel González, Andrea Pérez, Juan Luis Marín and Camila Villavicencio -- The societal and political recognition of French Sign Language (LSF) in France : 1970-2018 / Yann Cantin, Florence Encrevé and Marie-Thérèse L'Huillier -- In pursuit of legal recognition of the Sign Language of the Netherlands / Richard Cokart, Trude Schermer, Corrie Tijsseling and Eva Westerhoff -- The "language issue" : the struggle and path for the recognition of LIS / Carlo Geraci and Humberto Insolera -- Sign language legislation in Norway / Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen and Paal Richard Peterson -- Austrian Sign Language : recognition achieved but discrimination continues / Franz Dotter, Verena Krausneker, Helene Jarmer and Lukas Huber -- Implementing recognition of New Zealand Sign Language : 2006-2018 / Rachel McKee and Victoria Manning -- The legal recognition of Icelandic Sign Language : meeting deaf people's expectations / Valgerður Stefánsdóttir, Ari Pall Kristinsson and Julia G. Hreinsdottir -- Recognizing Brazilian Sign Language : legislation and outcomes / Ronice Müller de Quadros and Marianne Rossi Stumpf -- Legal recognition and regulation of Catalan Sign Language / Maria Josep Jarque, Marta Bosch-Baliarda and Menchu González -- A Belgian compromise : recognising French-Belgian Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language / Maartje De Meulder and Thierry Haesenne -- Epilogue : claiming multiple positionalities : lessons from the first two decades of sign language recognition / Maartje De Meulder, Joseph J. Murray and Rachel McKee.