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<DIV>:( It didn't come up for me.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm also interested in signed languages from different Spanish Speaking
countries. I spent all last semester looking for articles written by Deaf
Hispanics about the Deaf Hispanic experience (and found next to nothing ...
which is good if I'm looking for a research project, but bad if I'm looking for
info :D)</DIV>
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<DIV>As far as linguistics, per se, goes I've found a couple of articles
on DomRepSL & EcuadianSL and have a video with a bit of PuertoRicanSL
and once saw a presentation on CubanSL, but that's about it :( I've just
gotten ahold of a dissertation that's supposed to look at Deaf Ed in Hispanic
countries, but I haven't even had it long enough to open the shrink wrap.
:)</DIV>
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<DIV>There was a book published (I've a copy) of LSM ... at first I wondered if
it was "for real" (cause it looked so "signed Englishy" -- lots of signs are
initialized), but then I went to a presentation on LSM at Tampa a few years back
and the 2 researchers explained that one of the differences between LSM &
ASL was the use of initialized signs. There was something quite clever
with the way the subject is restated, with a particular "double-take"
movement before an action as well (but that's my memory -- and me sitting
here at my computer without my notes :) I did come home and
"re-tape" everything that I could remember as far as signs & grammar went,
but it would be "notes" not "facts" at the very best.</DIV>
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<DIV>The 2 researchers (can't remember their names right now) had been working
further north than Oxaca (I'd been looking for Deaf in Cuernavaca and couldn't
find them ... and didn't know who to ask :). I think
the researchers were in San Miguel de Allende or Monterrey (Monterrey, I'm
pretty sure).</DIV>
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<DIV>Alysse</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/21/2005 12:56:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
barbara.gerner.de.garcia@GALLAUDET.EDU writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>When I
was in Mexico in 2003 at the Latin American Congress on <BR>Bilingual
Education of the Deaf I met with a group of educators from <BR>Mexico
City. I do not know about deaf education in Mexico in depth,
<BR>but I learned some things that surprised me. Public education of deaf
<BR>students in Mexico is primarily provided in special education
<BR>classrooms. In 1962 the National Institute for the Deaf was closed by
<BR>the government .This means that deaf students are in classes with
<BR>hearing children with various disabilities. This makes it very
<BR>difficult to provide education through sign language or have deaf
<BR>adults in classrooms - although there are people trying to do this.
<BR>There are a number of private schools in Mexico and a very good primary
<BR>school for the deaf in Mexico City. Again, the need for quality
<BR>education is greater than the programs available.<BR><BR>The International
Sign Bibliography has a number of listings under <BR>Mexican Sign Language -
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/bibweb/<BR><BR>Barbara Gerner de
Garcia<BR><BR><BR>On Mar 20, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Albert Bickford
wrote:<BR><BR>> Yes, there is a sign language used in towns and major
cities <BR>> throughout Mexico.<BR>><BR>> For starters, see <BR>>
http://www.sil.org/mexico/lenguajes-de-signos/G009i-Identity-MFS.pdf.<BR>><BR>>
--Albert<BR>><BR>> Albert Bickford<BR>><BR>> ----- Original
Message ----- From: "Steve Seegmiller" <BR>>
<seegmillerm@mail.montclair.edu><BR>> To:
<slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><BR>> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005
11:33 AM<BR>> Subject: [slling-l] SL in Mexico?<BR>><BR>><BR>>>
On a recent trip to Mexico, I met a young man in Oaxaca who said that
<BR>>> there is no formal education of the Deaf there. I don't know if
he <BR>>> meant Oaxaca in particular or Mexico in general. Does anyone
know <BR>>> about Deaf education in Mexico, if there is a Mexican SL
that is in <BR>>> use across the country, and, if so, if there are any
studies of it?<BR>>><BR>>> Thanks.<BR>>><BR>>> Steve
Seegmiller<BR>>> Linguistics Department<BR>>> Montclair State
Univefrsity<BR>>><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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