Asia (general)
From AASL
Indigenous signs for "Asia"
Spoken languages
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Bibliography
Sze, Felix, James Woodward, Gladys Tang, Jafi Lee, KaYiu Cheng and Joe Mak. 2012. Sign language documentation in the Asia – Pacific region: a Deaf-centered approach. Paper presented in the 5th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Interactions between Corpus and Lexicon, Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC) 2012, 20-27 May 2012, Istanbul.
WASLI (World Association of Sign Language Interpreters). 2011. WASLI Activities Report 2007-2011. Kampala, UGANDA.
Wong, Kai-Hung Ken, Gladys Tang and Ronald Chung. 2011. Asia Signopedia: An open information system of Asian Sign Languages. In : International Journal of Technology and Disability. Volume 23, Number 4 / 2011. 233-242. IOS Press.
Pfau, Roland and Josep Quer. 2010. Nonmanuals: their grammatical and prosodic roles. In : Brentari, Diane ed. Sign Languages. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press. 381-402. [Including information of Hong Kong Sign Language, Indo-Pakistan Sign Language ]
Fischer, Susan and Qunhu Gong. 2010. Variation in East Asian sign language structures. In : Brentari, Diane ed. Sign Languages. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press. 499-518. [Including information of Chinese Sign Language, Hong Kong Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language, Korean Sign Language ]
Sasaki, Daisuke. 2010. A lexical comparison of sign languages in East Asia: Data from Japanese Sign Language (JSL), Taiwan Sign Language (TSL), and Korean Sign Languages (KSL). Presentation at the Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia 2010 (Hong Kong).
Sasaki, Daisuke. 2010. A lexical comparison of sign languages in East Asia. Poster session at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 10).
Tang, Gladys, Diane Brentari, Carolina Gonzalez and Felix Sze. 2010. Crosslinguistic variation in prosodic cues. In : Brentari, Diane ed. Sign Languages. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press. 519-542. [Including information of Hong Kong Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language ]
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World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific (WFD RSA/P). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.
Chough, Steven and Kristina Dobyns. 2007. How Is Asian Deaf Culture Different from American Deaf Culture? In : Goodstein, Harvey ed. The Deaf Way II Reader : Perspectives from the Second International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 227-232.
Plue, Cynthia J. 2007. Asian Deaf Perspectives on Deaf Education. In : Goodstein, Harvey ed. The Deaf Way II Reader : Perspectives from the Second International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 107-113.
Kato, Mihoko. 2006. Foreign sign language studies section. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. Special issue: For the further development of JISLS. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 59 （2006.03） : 22-28.
Osugi, Yutaka. 2004. The ongoing project on "Practical dictionaries of Asian-Pacific sign languages". In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 53(2004.09):12-20.[Including information of Asia (general), Cambodia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam ]
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Monaghan, Leila. 2003. A world's eye view: Deaf cultures in global perspective. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 1-24. [Including information of Africa (general), Asia (general), Oceania (general), Hausa Sign Language, Ban Khor Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language and Australasian Sign Language ]
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Sasaki, Daisuke. 2001. Comparing the lexicon of sign languages in East Asia: The influence of Japanese Sign Language over Taiwan Sign Language and Korean Sign Language. Paper presented at the Conference on Sign Linguistics, Deaf Education and Deaf Culture in Asia. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Woodward, James. 1993. Lexical evidence for the existence of South Asian and East Asian sign language families. In: Journal of Asian Pacific communication 4(2): 91-106.
1914. Report of the First Annual Convention on the Education of the Blind and the Deaf in the Far East. Pyeng Yang.
Goldziher, Ignaz. 1886. Ueber Geberden- und Zeichensprache bei den Arabern. In : Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie. 16: 369-86. (includes South West Asia)
Miles, M. 1984. Deafness in rural Asia. In : Volta Review. 86: 274-281.
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Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program (2006-2012)
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Asia
Miles, M. 2006-04. The Independent Living Institute (ILI) Signs of Development in Deaf South & South-West Asia: histories, cultural identities, resistance to cultural imperialism.
Notes
| Asia (general) | Asia (general) |
|---|---|
| East Asia | China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea |
| Southeast Asia | Brunei | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Vietnam |
| South Asia | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| West Asia | Afghanistan |
| Areas and others | Hong Kong | Macau | Taiwan |
