Australian Sign Language
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Power, Desmond. 2009. Deaf education and the Deaf community in Australia. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. ''Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives.''Washington,DC : Gallaudet University Press. 3-16. | Power, Desmond. 2009. Deaf education and the Deaf community in Australia. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. ''Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives.''Washington,DC : Gallaudet University Press. 3-16. | ||
- | Stephen Cauchi 2009. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/implants-incite-sound-debate-for-the-deaf-20090711-dgrh.html | + | Stephen Cauchi. 2009. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/implants-incite-sound-debate-for-the-deaf-20090711-dgrh.html Implants incite sound debate for the deaf.] In : The Age. |
Johnston, Trevor and Adam Schembri. 2007. ''Australian Sign Language (Auslan): An introduction to sign language linguistics.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | Johnston, Trevor and Adam Schembri. 2007. ''Australian Sign Language (Auslan): An introduction to sign language linguistics.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
Revision as of 16:00, 23 November 2010
Language name | Australian Sign Language |
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Region | Australia |
Language name
Australian Sign Language
(Altanate names)Auslan
Region
Population of signers
14,000 Ethnologue, 16th Edition
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Australasian Sign Language is an attempt to merge Australian Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language into one common sign language.
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Wilson, Lyn, Brian Bernal and, Deaf Children Australia eds. 2004. Dictionary of AUSLAN. Deaf Children Australia.
Johnston, Trevor and Peter Wilkin eds. 1998. Signs of Australia : a new dictionary of Auslan (the sign language of the Australian deaf community), 2nd ed. North Rocks, NSW, Australia: North Rocks Press, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.
Johnston, Trevor. 1989. AUSLAN Dictionary. A dictionary of the sign language of the Australian deaf community. Victoria : Aust. Print Group.
Bibliography
Hyde, Merv. 2009. Inclusion in an International Context. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 352-367.
Power, Desmond. 2009. Deaf education and the Deaf community in Australia. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives.Washington,DC : Gallaudet University Press. 3-16.
Stephen Cauchi. 2009. Implants incite sound debate for the deaf. In : The Age.
Johnston, Trevor and Adam Schembri. 2007. Australian Sign Language (Auslan): An introduction to sign language linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Komesaroff, Linda. 2007. Denying claims of discrimination in the Federal Court of Australia: Arguments against the use of native sign language in education. In: Sign Language Studies. 7 : 360-386.
Napier, Jemina, Karen Bontempo and Marcel Leneham. 2006. Sign language interpreting in Australia: An Overview. [Retrieved July 3, 2008]
Carty, Breda M. 2006. Comments on "W(h)ither the Deaf community?" In: Sign Language Studies. 6 : 220-225.
Hyde, Merv B., Desmond J. Power and Karen Lloyd. 2006. Comments on "W(h)ither the Deaf community?" In: Sign Language Studies. 6 : 190-202.
Johnston, Trevor. 2006. Comments on "W(h)ither the Deaf community?" Response to comments. In: Sign Language Studies. 6 : 225-243.
Johnston, Trevor. 2006. W(h)ither the Deaf community: population, genetics and the future of Australian Sign Language. In: Sign Language Studies. 6 : 137-173.
Schembri, Adam and Trevor Johnston. 2006. Sociolinguistic variation in the use of fingerspelling in Australian Sign Language: a pilot study In : Sign language studies. 7. 319–347.
O’Reilly, Suzannah, Queensland. Disability Services, Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association and Deaf Children Australia eds. 2005. Indigenous Sign Language and Culture. O'Reilly, Suzannah Jaclyn.
Deaf Employment Australia and Deaf Children Australia. 2004. Auslan Phrase Book: A Reference to Workplace Signs for Deaf and Hearing Impaired People Who Use Auslan. Deaf Children Australia.
Johnston, Trevor. 2004. W(h)ither the Deaf Community? Population, Genetics, and the Future of Australian Sign Language. In : American Annals of the Deaf (Gallaudet University Press) 148 (5): 358–375.
Orima Research. 2004. Supply and demand for Auslan interpreters across Australia. Canberra : Department of Family and Community Services. [Retrieved July 3, 2008.]
Napier, Jemina and Roz Barker. 2004. Accessing university education: Perceptions, preferences, and expectations for interpreting by deaf students. In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 9 : 228-238.
Sutton-Spence, Rachel. 2003. British manual Alphabets in the education of Deaf people since the 17th century. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 25-48.[Including information of Australian Sign Language]
Napier, Jemina. 2002. University interpreting: Linguistic issues for consideration. In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 7 : 281-301.
Flynn, John W. 2001. A Brief History of Sign Language Interpreting in Australia. Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association Victoria.
Power, Desmond J. 2001. Deafness and sign language in government policy documents 1983-1990. In: Joseph. Lo Bianco and Rosie Wickert eds. Australian policy activism in language and literacy.: 279-292. Canberra : Language Australia.
Johnston, Trevor. 2000. BSL, Auslan and NZSL: Three Signed Languages or One? In : Baker, Anne, Beppie van den Bogaerde and Onno Crasborn eds. Cross-linguistic perspectives in sign language research. Selected papers from TISLR 2000. 2003. Hamburg: Signum Verlag. 47-69.
McKee, David and Graeme Kennedy. 2000. Lexical Comparisons of Signs from American, Australian, British and New Zealand Sign Languages. In : Emmorey, Karen and Harlan Lane eds. The Signs of Language Revisited: An Anthology to Honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. 43-73.
2000. Australian Sign Language. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. ‘’The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders, second edition.’’ New York : Facts on File. 28-29.
B. Carty, 2000. John Carmichael: Australian Deaf pioneer. In Schembri A., J. Napier, R. Beattie and G. R. Leigh eds. Proceedings of the Australasian Deaf Studies Research Symposium. Renwick College, Sydney, August 22-23, 1998. Sydney: North Rocks Press. 9-20.
Ozolins, Uldis and Bridge, M. 1999. Sign language interpreting in Australia. Melbourne : Language Australia.
Aquiline, Carol-Lee. 1994. Theater of the Deaf in Australia. In: Erting, Carol J., Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith, and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the international conference on Deaf culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 746-750.
Lloyd, Karen. 1994. Reaching the Deaf community for literacy. In: Erting, Carol J., Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith, and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the international conference on Deaf culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 291-294.
Hyde, Merv B. and Desmond J. Power. 1992. The use of Australian Sign Langage by Deaf people. In: Sign Language Studies. 75 : 167-182.
Johnston, Trevor. 1989. Auslan: the sign language of the Australian deaf community. University of Sydney.
Flynn, J.W. 1987. Sign languages : Australian. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. ‘’Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness.’’ New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 56-58.
Films and videos
Sign Media Inc. ed. 1990. Signs around the world. Australia. Burtonsville, Maryland: SMI (30 min.)
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association
National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service
Report on Supply and Demand for Auslan Interpreters
Notes
Continent | Australasian Sign Language | Australian Aborigines Sign Language | Australian Sign Language |
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Polynesia | Australasian Sign Language | New Zealand Sign Language | Samoan Sign Language |
Micronesia | (no data) |
Melanesia | Enga Sign Language | Fiji Sign Language | Rennellese Sign Language |
Areas and others | (no data) |