Taiwan
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Taiwan |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
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
Related sign languages:
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
Chinese National Association of the Deaf, R.O.C
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
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 ]
Yang, Chiung-huang and Lu Nan-Chou. 1984. Piaochun shouyu shout'se. Taipei: Lung ya fu li hsieh hui.
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
Tsay, Jane and James Myers. 2009. The morphology and phonology of Taiwan Sign Language. In : James. H-Y. Tai and Jane Tsay eds. Taiwan Sign Language and beyond. Chia-Yi, Taiwan: The Taiwan Institute for the Humanities, National Chung Cheng University. 83-129.
WASLI (World Association of Sign Language Interpreters). 2007. Taiwan. In: WASLI country reports 2010. 27. Kampala, Uganda.
Ann, Jean, Wayne H. Smith, and chiangsheng Yu. 2007. The Sign Language of Mainland China at the Ch'iying School in Taiwan. In : Quinto-Pozos, David ed. Sign Language in Contact. 235-258. Washington, DC. Gallaudet University Press.
Sasaki, Daisuke. 2007. Comparing the Lexicons of Japanese Sign Language and Taiwan Sign Language: A Preliminary Study Focusing on the Difference in the Handshape Parameter. In : Quinto-Pozos, David ed. Sign Language in Contact. 123-150. Washington, DC. Gallaudet University Press.
Zhangm Niina Ning. 2007. Universal 20 and Taiwan Sign Language. In : Sign Language and Linguistics. 10. 55-81.
Ann Jean. 2006. Frequency of Occurrence and Ease of Articulation of Sign Language Handshapes : The Taiwanese example. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press.
Tai, James. H. Y. and Shiou-fen Su. 2006. Taiwan shouyu de huying gangshi (Agreement in Taiwan Sign Language). In : Language and Linguistics, Monograph Series Number W-5. 341-363.
Wang Xu, B.A. 2006. A Comparison of Chinese and Taiwan Sign Languages: Towards a New Model for Sign Language Comparison. A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University.
Duncan, Susan. 2005. Gesture in Signing: A Case Study from Taiwan Sign Language. In : Language and Linguistics. 2005; 6(2): 279-318.
Schembri, Adam, Jones Caroline, and Denis Burnham. 2005. Compraring action gestures and classifer verbs of motion : Evidence from Australian Sign Language, Taiwan Sign Language, and nonsigners gesture without speech. In : Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 10. 272-290.
Smith. Wayne. 2005. Taiwan Sign Language : An historical overview. In : Language and Linguistics, 6. 187-215.
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 ]
Huteson, Greg 2003. Report on Social, Educational, and Sociolinguistic Issues that Impact the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Population of Taiwan. SIL International.
Sasaki, Daisuke. 2003. Comparing the lexicon of sign languages in East Asia : A preliminary study focusing on the influence of Japanese Sign Language on Taiwan Sign Language. Unpublished manuscript, University of Texas, Austin.
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.
Ann. Jean. 1998. Contact between a sign language and a written language : Character signs in Taiwan Sign Language. in : C. Lucas ed. Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze : Language Use in Deaf communities. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press. 59-99.
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 H. 1987. Sign languages : Taiwanese. In: Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 113-116.
Smith, Wayne H. 1987. China, Republic of. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.1. 184-186.
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.
Smith, Wayne. 1976. Taiwan sign language. Revised 1988. Typescript.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Fingeralphabet Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapur, Taiwan
Notes
| 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 |
