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Yano, Uiko; Matsuoka, Kazumi – Sign Language Studies, 2018
The current study continues our effort to document a shared sign language in Japan--Miyakubo Sign Language (Miyakubo SL) on Ehime-Oshima Island, located in the western part of Japan. After a brief sociological, geographical, and cultural introduction to Miyakubo SL, the topics of numeral expressions and timelines in Miyakubo SL are discussed. A…
Descriptors: Numbers, Sign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Variation
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Safar, Josefina; Le Guen, Olivier; Collí, Geli Collí; Hau, Merli Collí – Sign Language Studies, 2018
In this article, we examine various strategies used to express cardinal numbers in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages (YMSLs) from three historically unrelated communities in Yucatán, Mexico: Chicán, Nohkop, and Cepeda Peraza. Our findings describe some numeral strategies, which remained unattested in previous accounts, and demonstrate that YMSL numerals…
Descriptors: Sign Language, American Indians, Rural Areas, Numbers