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<div><font color="#000000">Hi Pip,</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">below are some references on SASL. Hope
this helps,</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Constanze</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Aarons, Debra / Akach, Philemon A. O.:
South African Sign Language - one language or many?A sociolinguistic
question. In:<i> Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics. 31</i> (1998) pp.
1-28</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Akach, Philemon A. O.: The grammar of sign
language. In:<i> Language Matters. 28</i> (1997) pp. 7-35</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Herbst, J.M.: South African Sign Language.
In: Cleve, John V. van (ed):<i> Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people
and deafness. Vol. 3. S-Z,Index.</i> New York, NY [u.a.] :
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. (1987) pp. 106-108</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Penn, Claire / Reagan, Timothy: The
properties of South African Sign Language: Lexical diversity and
syntactic unity. In:<i> Sign Language Studies. 85 23</i> (1994) pp.
319-327</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Penn, Claire / Reagan, Timothy: How do you
sign "apartheid"? The politics of South African Sign
Language. In:<i> Language Problems and Language Planning. 2 14</i>
(1990) pp. 91-103</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Penn, Claire et al:<i> Dictionary of
Southern African signs for communicating with the deaf. 5 vols.</i> :
Human Science Research Council 1992-1994</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Reagan, Timothy / Penn, Claire: On the
other hand: Implications of the study of South African sign language
for the education of the deaf in South Africa. In:<i> South African
Journal of Education. 2 15</i> (1995) pp. 87</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Reynolds, Louise: News from South Africa:
Philosophies and practices in deaf education in the Western Cape, SA.
In:<i> Signpost. The newsletter of the international sign linguistics
association. 1-2 8</i> (1995) pp. 66-71</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Simmons, Robert M.T.: The role of
educational systems and deaf culture in the development of sign
language in South Africa. In: Erting, Carol J. et al (eds):<i> The
deaf way : perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf
Culture.</i> Washington, DC : Gallaudet Univ. Press (1994) pp.
78-84</font></div>
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<div><font face="Verdana">>Hi all,<br>
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>Can anyone point me toward some resources on South African Sign
Languages, please?<br>
>I'm searching, searching, but not having much luck so far.<br>
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>Thanks very much,</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">>Pip</font></div>
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