Events
APSL Presentations at the International Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education, 2013
Date: 30/01/2013 - 02/02/2013
From 30 January 2013 until 2 February 2013, the International Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia, 2013 was held by the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies. We are proud to announce that among the speakers at the conference were our own APSL students, who reported on their research in sign linguistics.
Presentations conducted by our students included:
Word Order in Sri Lanka Sign Language by Geshani Amila
In her presentation, Ms. Geshani Amila reported on her research of word order in Sri Lanka Sign Language, investigating the construction of non-reversible sentence, reversible sentence and locative sentences.
Phonological processes in the lexical signs of Japanese Sign Language by Masumi Ikeda, Mika Imai and Daigo Isobe
Ms. Masumi Ikeda, Ms. Mika Imai, and Mr. Daigo Isobe presented their analysis of the phonological processes of Japanese Sign Language in comparison of those of ASL, concluding that common ground can be found between the phonological process of the two languages.
Classifier predicates in Yogyakarta Sign Language by Adhi Kusumo
Mr. Adhi Kusumo presented on his study which aimed to describe classifier predicates in Yogyakarta Sign Language, saying his preliminary findings suggest that the classifiers in Yogyakarta Sign Langauge are productive and fit into the four categories of size and shape specifiers, semantic or entity classifiers, body part classifiers, and handle classifiers.
Sociolinguistic variation in HKSL numerals by Connie Lo and Lisa Lo
In her presentation, Ms. Connie Lo and Ms. Lisa Lo discussed their research on sociolinguistic variation in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) numerals, looking at how different social factors such as age, gender, region and school affect deaf people"s selection of variants for numerals 1 to 30.
The linguistic and sociocultural aspects of name signs: a comparison between Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) and Jakarta Sign Language (Jakarta SL) by Laura Lesmana Wijaya and Kenny Chu
Ms. Laura Lesmana Wijaya and Mr. Kenny Chu presented on their paper which compares name sign systems in Jakarta Sign Language (Jakarta SL) and Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) according to linguistic and sociocultural aspects, looking at different factors which influence the selection of name signs in both Jakarta and Hong Kong.
Signing varieties in Jakarta and Yogyakarta: dialects or separate languages? By Silva Tenrisara Pertiwi Isma
Ms. Silva Tenrisara Pertiwi Isma presented her research on the sign varieties of Jakarta and Yogyakarta, concluding that, based on her findings, they should be considered distinct languages within the same language family.
Lexical Variations and Diachronic Change in Hong Kong Sign Language: Preliminary observations
By Dr. Felix Sze, Mr. Kenny Chu, Ms. Connie Lo, and Ms. Lisa Lo