Etymology of Numbers in ASL?

[Mark Mandel]

I'm in touch with Ruth and will forward this to her.

--
Mark A. Mandel
Linguistic Data Consortium
University of Pennsylvania



On 11.03.31, at 10:39 AM, Nancy Frishberg wrote:

> My recollection is that Ruth Loew also did work on ASL numbers, and showed sources for some (regional) variations.
> I believe she's now at ETS in Princeton NJ, but don't have a current email address. [Ruth, do you read this list?]
> 
> And the wonderful resource that has been the International Bibliography at Hamburg still returns the message "Die Webseite ist wegen umfangreicher Wartungsarbeiten bis ca. Frühjahr 2011 nicht erreichbar." 
> 
>  -- Nancy
> 
> On Mar 29, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Fischer Susan wrote:
> 
>> There's some historical data in a paper of mine.  Here's the reference, which Gallaudet library should have:
>> Fischer, S. (1996).  By the numbers: Language-Internal Evidence for Creolization.  In W. Edmondson & R. Wilbur, eds, International Review of Sign Linguistics, vol.1. Pp. 1-22. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
>> 
>> Susan D. Fischer
>> Susan.Fischer at rit.edu
>> 
>> Center for Research on Language
>> UCSD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 29, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Julie Hochgesang wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm looking for historical information on numbers in ASL. I'm familiar with Liddell's work on numeral incorporation but am looking for the etymology behind the number signs themselves in ASL. If anyone could send me any references, it'd be much appreciated. 
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Julie
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Julie Hochgesang, MA
>>> Instructor, ASL and Deaf Studies Department
>>> Doctoral student, Linguistics Department
>>> Gallaudet University
>>> 
>>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> Nancy Frishberg +1 650 804 5800 mobile
> nancyf at fishbird.com
> Twitter: @nancyf
> Blog: www.fishbird.com
> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/slling-l/attachments/20110331/2026ed3a/attachment.htm>