Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching

[Barbara Gerner De Garcia]

The acronym for Brazilian sign language that Brazilians use is LIBRAS  
- similar in concept to Auslan, except for the capitalization.


Barbara Gerner De Garcia, Professor
Chair
Department of Educational Foundations and Research
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695

202-651-5207
202-651-5545
FAX: 202-651-5710
barbara.gerner.de.garcia at gallaudet.edu



On Sep 4, 2007, at 7:34 AM, Des Power wrote:

> How about Auslan? :-)
>
> Des
>
> Emeritus Professor Des Power, AM
> Centre for Applied Studies in Deafness
> Griffith University
> Queensland, Australia
>
>
>
> On 04/09/2007, at 9:25 PM, slling-l- 
> bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu wrote:
>
>> The trouble with abbreviations derived from the spoken language of  
>> the
>> country where the SL is used is that they are opaque outside of  
>> that country
>> or spoken language. BII, NGT, LSF... They have little or no  
>> mnemonic value.
>>
>> I don't see that it's necessary to stick with purely initial three- 
>> letter
>> abbreviations just because three letters were enough to  
>> distinguish the
>> first few SLs that were scientifically studied: ASL, BSL (both from
>> English-speaking countries), FSL, and OFSL (abbreviated in English  
>> by the
>> English-speaking linguists).
>>
>> What would be so bad about IndSL, IndonSL, IrSL, IsrSL, and so on?
>>
>> m a m
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