TSL

[Eric Gumpert]

One might mention that you do emply the Imperial language when you use the
word "Turkish" in the phrase "Turkish Deaf people."

-----Original Message-----
From: Angus B. Grieve-Smith [mailto:grvsmth at UNM.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:29 AM
To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
Subject: TSL


On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, ENGIN ARIK wrote:

> Another question is, as forwarded by Joerg Keller, about the
> abbreviation of Tunusian Sign Language. Is there anyone who has a
> published paper using TSL abbreviation for Tunusian Sign Language?

        I'm just wondering why the abbreviation TSL is important.  People
are always talking about DGS and LSQ, and everyone knows what they mean.
Your abbreviation doesn't need to be in the imperial language to be
accepted.  What do Turkish Deaf people use to refer to their own language?

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