Taiwan

From AASL

Basic information of the country/area

Name of the country/area	Taiwan
Formal name of the country/area	Taiwan
Country/area information	The World Factbook(CIA)
	Wikipedia(English)

Contents 1 Indigenous signs for "Taiwan" 2 Spoken languages 3 Sign languages 4 Population of Deaf/deaf people 5 Legal status of sign languages 6 Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf 7 Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies 8 Education for the deaf 9 Deaf communities and cultures 10 Religious activities by the Deaf 11 Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages 12 Sign language dictionaries 13 Bibliography 14 Researchers 15 History of sign language research 16 Events 17 Links 18 Notes

Indigenous signs for "Taiwan"

Illustrations in the literature

"Taiwan" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 22.)

Spoken languages

Chinese

Sign languages

Taiwanese Sign Language

Related sign languages:

Chinese Sign Language

Population of Deaf/deaf people

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

National Association of the Deaf in the Republic of China

http://www.nad.org.tw/

Chinese Deaf Association

http://www.deaf.org.tw/

Chinese National Association of the Deaf, R.O.C

http://www.cnad.org.tw/

Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Bibliography

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.

Smith, Wayne. 1999. A history of the development of education of the deaf in the Republic of China. Typescript.

Ann, Jean. 1998. Variation in Taiwan Sign Language: Evidence from morphology, syntax and the lexicon. Paper presented at the sixth conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, November, Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University.

Chao, Chien-Min James. 1994. Taiwan natural sign language research work. 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. 347-349.

Smith, Wayne. 1990. The morphological characteristics of verbs in Taiwan sign language. Ph.D.dissertation, I.N. USA: Indiana University.

Smith, Wayne. 1990. Evidence for auxiliaries in Taiwan Sign Language. In: Fischer, Susan D. and Patricia Siple eds. Theoretical issues in sign language research 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 211-228.

Chao, Chien-Min, Hsi-Hsiung Chu, and Chao-Chung Liu. 1988. Taiwan ziran shouyu (Taiwan natural sign language). Taipei, Taiwan: Deaf Sign Language Research Association.

Smith, Wayne, and Li-fen Ting. 1984. Shou neng sheng chyau (Your hands can become a bridge). Vol.2. Taipei, Taiwan: Deaf Sign Language Research Association of the Republic of China.

Smith, Wayne and Li-fen Ting, 1979. Shou neng sheng chyau (Your hands can become a bridge). Vol.1. Taipei, Taiwan: Deaf Sign Language Research Association of the Republic of China. (中華民国聾人手語研究会『手能生橋』、中華民国68年(1979年)8月。)

Smith, Wayne. 1976. Taiwan sign language. Revised 1988. Typescript.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Notes

Countries and areas of Asia

Asia (general)	Asia (general)
East Asia	China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea
Southeast Asia	Brunei | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Vietnam
South Asia	Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka
West Asia	Afghanistan
Areas and others	Hong Kong | Macau | Taiwan