关于我国手语语言地位规划问题的思考

Reflection on the Status Planning of Sign Language in China

手语作为听力残疾人使用的语言,需要对其进行语言规划。根据语言规划理论,对手语的语言地位规划涉及的问题进行了思考。手语立法是手语语言地位规划的重要问题,通过介绍国内外手语立法情况,分析我国手语立法中涉及的一些主要问题,包括手语是不是语言,手语的规范化问题,国家通用手语的语言地位等,进而提出手语语言立法需要解决的问题和立法途径。

Sign language,as a language used by people with hearing disability,needs planning.According to the theory of language planning,this paper addresses some problems involved in the language status planning of sign language.Sign language legislation is an important issue in its status planning.This paper introduces the legislation of sign language at home and abroad,and analyzes some main problems involved in sign language legislation in China,including whether sign language is a language,the standardization of sign language,and the language status of national sign language.Moreover,it puts forward some legislative approaches to tackle the problems in the sign language.