Japanese Sign Language
From AASL
| Language name | Japanese Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Region | Japan |
Language name
Japanese Sign Language
(JSL)
Region
Population of signers
317,000 (VanCleve 1986).
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Nihon Shuwa Kenkyusho ed. 1997. Nihongo-Shuwa jiten. Tokyo: Zen Nihon Roa Renmei. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 1997. Japanese-Sign language dictionary. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf. [In Japanese])
Japanese Federation of the Deaf. Institute for Sign Language Studies(Editorial Board: Honna, Nobuyuki, Mihoko Kato, Michiko Tsuchiya and Kunihiko Sadahiro) eds. 1991. An English dictionary of basic Japanese signs. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf.
Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, Kuala Lumpur YMCA, Osaka YMCA eds. 1989. Speaking with Signs.(Fourth Version) Osaka: Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary of[ [Hong Kong Sign Language]], Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Languageand Malaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]
Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, The Society for the Deaf in Selangor and the Federal Teritory, Osaka YMCA eds. 1984. Speaking with Signs.(Third Version) Osaka: OsakaYMCA. [A dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language andMalaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]
1980. Speaking with Signs.(Second Version) Osaka:Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
1979. Speaking with Signs.(Book One) Hong Kong:Chinese YMCA. [A dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
Bibliography
Nakamura, Karen. 2003. U-turns, Deaf shock, and the hard of hearing: Japanese Deaf identities at the borderlands. 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. 211-229.
Ann, Jean. 2003. The Chiying school in Taiwan: A foreigner's perspective. 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. 230-248. [Including information of Taiwan, Chinese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language and Taiwanese Sign Language ]
Nakamura, Karen. 2001. Deaf identities, sign languages, and minority social movement politics in modern Japan (1868-2000). Ph.D.dissertation., C.T., USA: Yale University.
Osugi, Yutaka and Supalla, Ted. 1998. Structural analysis of gender handshapes in Nihon Shuwa(Japanese Sign Language). In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 27(1998.03) :60-74.
Nakamura, Karen (Yale). 1997=998. U-turns, Deaf shock, and the Hard-of-hearing: Japanese deaf identities at the borderlands. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 27(1998.03) :58-59.(translated by Nakamura, Karen: in Japanese) [the report from the invited panel on sign language sociolinguistics at the 96th Annual Meeting of the America Anthropological Association. Washington DC. Nov.11-19 1997]
Mori, Soya (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies). 1997=1998. Deaf nations: Identity and ideology in Japanese sign language communities. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 27(1998.03) :58.(translated by Nakamura, Karen: in Japanese) [the report from the invited panel on sign language sociolinguistics at the 96th Annual Meeting of the America Anthropological Association. Washington DC. Nov.11-19 1997]
Films and videos
Sign Media Inc. ed. 1990. Signs around the world. Japan. Burtonsville, Maryland: SMI (30 min.)
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Notes
| East Asia | Amami O Shima Sign Language | Chinese Sign Language | Japanese Sign Language | Korean Sign Language : North Korea | Korean Sign Language : South Korea | Mongolian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | Bali Sign Language | Ban Khor Sign Language | Benkala Sign Language | Hill Country Sign Language | Indonesian Sign Language | Kuala Lumpur Sign Language | Laos Sign Language | Malaysian Sign Language | Original Bangkok Sign Language | Original Chiangmai Sign Language | Penang Sign Language | Philippine Sign Language | Selangor Sign Language | Singapore Sign Language | Thai Sign Language | Vietnamese Sign Language |
| South Asia | Bengali Sign Language | Jhankot Sign Language | Jumla Sign Language | Indian Sign Language | Indo-Pakistan Sign Language | Naga Sign Language | Nepalese Sign Language | Sri Lankan Sign Language |
| West Asia | Afghan Sign Language |
| Areas and others | Hong Kong Sign Language | Macao Sign Language | Taiwanese Sign Language |
