New Zealand Sign Language
From AASL
Language name | New Zealand Sign Language |
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Region | New Zealand |
Language name
New Zealand Sign Language
(Altanate names)NZSL
Region
Population of signers
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Kennedy, Graeme et al. A dictionary of New Zealand sign. 1998. Auckland: Auckland University Press: Bridget Williams Books.
Bibliography
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.
Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed.(translated by Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 2003. The human rights of the Deaf: Able to use sign language at anytime and everywhere. In:Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 50.(2003.12):57,60-61.[WFD News. Jul.2003. Including information of Uganda, Thailand and New Zealand ]
Monaghan, Leila(Pitzer College). 1998. The rise of Deaf ideologies and institutions in New Zealand. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 27(1998.03) :52-53. (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]
Monaghan, Leila. 1996. Signing, oralism and the development of the New Zealand deaf community: An ethnography and history of language ideologies. Ph.D.dissertation. Los Angeles: University of California.
Monaghan, Leila. 1993. Contexts of luck: Issues involved with entering the New Zealand Deaf community. Anthropology UCLA. 20:43-62.
Collins-Ahlgren, Marianne. 1989. Aspects of New Zealand sign. Ph.D. dissertation. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
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) |