Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching

Tue Sep 4 10:33:43 UTC 2007

Just as a response - I think that we need to be careful in assuming
that standarding bodies somehow know best or have the right to
designate the 'official' name or acronym for a language.

Having worked with the European Union of the Deaf on language
rcognition issues, I know that this can cause discomfort for Deaf
communities who feel that the power to name their language is (or
appears to be) taken out of their hands - there is no problem in real
terms in having many languages referred to by the same acronyms - sure
Irish Sign Language and Israeli Sign Language have done so for years!
When publishing, its normal to introduce the language and acronym that
is referred to , and consequentially, it does not seem to prove a
problem. ..and as such, I don't think that Shane's quick fix
suggestion of changing the acronym associated with the language is
necessary at all.

Further, there is also the issue of anglocentric approaches to naming
signed languages here and more and more linguists are opting to use
both the acronym linked to the local language (e.g. LIU for Jordanian
Sign Language, VGT for Flemish Sign Language, etc.).

The bottom line is - if its not broken, don't fix it! The current
approach seems to work well.....or maybe there is disagreement on that
that I am missing????

Lorraine

On 9/4/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> I am afraid that I do not have a clue why NTS should be exclusively the
> Norwegian Sign Language. This means that calling it NTS does not resolve
> when you want to standardise. I had a look and the code for the Norwegian
> Sign Language is "nsl" as this is the ISO-639-3 code for the language.
>
> Using an acronym based on the local spoken language will get you problems
> given that there is no guarantee that there is no other local language that
> might call "their" signed language NTS. Given that there are so many sign
> languages recognised by the ISO-639 and given that it is easy enough to get
> more sign languages recognised, I would advise you to exclusively use the
> recognised and unambiguous ISO codes.
>
> Thanks,
>     Gerard
>
>
> On 9/4/07, Sonja Erlenkamp <sonja.erlenkamp at hist.no> wrote:
> > We have started to use the Norwegian Acronym for Norwegian Sign Language
> (which is NTS) to avoid too many similar acronyms for different signed
> languages. I have seen this mechanism (to use an acronym based on the local
> spoken language) used for other signed languages. Maybe that would solve
> your problem too?
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Sonja
> >
> > -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > Fra: slling-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:
> slling-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] På vegne av Hope
> Hurlbut
> > Sendt: 4. september 2007 06:02
> > Til: A list for linguists interested in signed languages
> > Emne: Re: [SLLING-L] Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching
> >
> > Dear Lorraine,
> > Which ISL are you referring to?  Is that Israeli SL?  I am working on
> survey
> > data from ISL (Indonesian SL).  Maybe I need to change the acronym, if you
> > are using ISL for Israeli SL.
> > Hope Hurlbut
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lorraine Leeson" <leesonl at gmail.com>
> > To: "A list for linguists interested in signed languages"
> > < slling-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SLLING-L] Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching
> >
> >
> > > Beppie,
> > >
> > > This sounds very interesting. I have a PhD student about to get
> > > started  examining mouthing in ISL - I wonder if you could forward on
> > > the references for the work that you referred to below?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Lorraine
> > >
> > > On 9/2/07, Beppie van den Bogaerde < beppie.vandenbogaerde at hu.nl> wrote:
> > >> Hi Shane
> > >>
> > >> Anne Baker and I, and also Michele Bishop and Karen Emorey and
> > >> colleagues, have done research on code-blending, that is the
> combination
> > >> of sign (language) and spoken (language) elements. There is now
> > >> information about 2 or 3 hearing children of deaf parents at different
> > >> ages (oldest is 6 years) and about adult hearing codas who work as
> > >> interpreters...
> > >>
> > >> Baker and Van den Bogaerde have two articles in press.... so a little
> > >> patience is in order. One will be in a book by Michele Bishop in the
> > >> Sociolinguistics Series and the other is a publication from Benjamins,
> > >> eds. Plaza-Pust and Morales.
> > >>
> > >> mail me if you want more info...;-)
> > >>
> > >> All the best
> > >>
> > >> Beppie
> > >>
> > >> beppie.vandenbogaerde at hu.nl
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ________________________________
> > >>
> > >> Van: slling-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu namens
> Shane Ebert
> > >> Verzonden: za 1-9-2007 19:28
> > >> Aan: slling-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > >> Onderwerp: [SLLING-L] Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hello.  I was wondering if anyone is familiar with research that has
> > >> been done (or is being done) on code switching/blending/mixing
> > >> between signed and spoken languages with a theoretical approach?  In
> > >> particular, I am interested in studies focusing on hearing children/
> > >> adults with deaf parents so that the participants are native speakers/
> > >> users of both languages.  Thank you in advance for any leads or
> > >> suggestions, and I apologize if my question is too broad.
> > >>
> > >> Sincerely,
> > >> Shane Ebert...
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