Taiwanese Sign Language
From AASL
| Language name | Taiwanese Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Region | Taiwan |
Language name
Taiwanese Sign Language
(Taiwan Ziran Shouyu)
Region
Population of signers
Language family
Dialects
Chiying Sign Language
Tainan Sign Language
Taipei Sign Language
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, Kuala Lumpur YMCA, Osaka YMCA eds. 1989. Speaking with Signs.(Fourth Version) Osaka: Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary ofHong 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 ofHong 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 ofHong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
1979. Speaking with Signs.(Book One) Hong Kong:Chinese YMCA. [A dictionary ofHong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
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. [Including information of Taiwan, Chinese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language and Taiwanese Sign Language ]
Monaghan, Leila. 2003. A world's eye view: Deaf cultures in global 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. 1-24. [Including information of Africa (general),Asia (general), Oceania (general), Hausa Sign Language, Ban Khor Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language and Australasian 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.
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 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. 1976. Taiwan Sign Language. Revised 1988. Typescript.
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 |
