Abstract:Little is known about local, vernacular language ideologies about sign language development in deaf and hearing children in diverse communicative ecologies from the perspectives of caregivers. In this article, I argue for the interpretative value of repeated long-term linguistic ethnography for investigating language ideologies as they relate to language practices in different communicative situations. I present a case study of a family with a deaf caregiver, Regina, and two children, Angelica and Martha, who have invented their own communication system known as "making hands" in rural Oaxaca, Mexico. Using the linguistic ethnography approach, I analyze how the caregiver holds different language ideologies toward children's signing competence based on their age and audiological status, and how they shift over time. I also make explicit my positionality as a researcher for its role in shaping the research process of investigating language ideologies.

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谁签？墨西哥一个家庭中聋哑儿童手语者的语言意识形态

摘要：从看护者的角度来看，在不同的交际生态中，关于聋童和听力儿童手语发展的地方、方言语言意识形态知之甚少。在本文中，我论证了重复的长期语言民族志在调查语言意识形态方面的解释价值，因为它们与不同交际情境中的语言实践有关。我介绍了一个案例研究，该家庭有一个聋哑人照顾者 Regina 和两个孩子 Angelica 和 Martha，他们在墨西哥瓦哈卡州的农村发明了自己的交流系统，称为“制作手”。使用语言民族志方法，我分析了看护者如何根据儿童的年龄和听力状况对儿童的手语能力持有不同的语言意识形态，以及他们如何随时间变化。