Research on Signed/Spoken Language Code switching

[Anna Perenna]

The acronym for Costa Rican sign language is LESCO.

~Tashi Bradford
Gallaudet University

--- Barbara Gerner De Garcia
<barbara.gerner.de.garcia at gallaudet.edu> ha scritto:

> 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
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> 
> 
> 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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