Date: 01/01/1993 – 01/01/1996
General summary:
This project is a series of collaborative studies led by Professors James Woodward and Gladys Tang which investigate sign language varieties in Hong Kong.
Aims:
- To catalogue the different varieties of Hong Kong Sign Language
- To analyse Hong Kong Sign Language based on sign linguistics principles
Activities:
Weekly meetings with deaf adults were conducted to collect HKSL data
Significance:
This project led to the compilation of the first trilingual dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language.
Project team:
Professor James Woodward
Professor Gladys Tang
Mr Kenny Chu
Output:
Tang, G. (2007). Hong Kong Sign Language: A Trilingual Dictionary with Linguistic Descriptions.Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.
