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SUMMARY:Sign language in Burma: Yangon Sign language and its relationship 
 with spoken Burmese - Justin Watkins\, SOAS
DTSTART:20131031T170000Z
DTEND:20131031T183000Z
UID:TALK47221@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Alison Biggs
DESCRIPTION:The relationship between sign languages and spoken language is
  a complex one.  The lexicon of signed languages includes items borrowed a
 nd adapted from spoken languages\, in addition to conventionalised gesture
 s and iconic signs.\n\nOnce lexicalised\, signs have a tendency to become 
 less iconic over time.  Signers are often diglossic\, using language forms
  with more or less reference to a spoken language depending on the context
  in which the communication is taking place.\n\nThis talk looks at the rel
 ationship between Yangon Sign Language and spoken Burmese using data from 
 preliminary work for a planned project documenting the lexicon of the sign
  languages of Burma.
LOCATION:GR06/7 English Faculty\, Sidgwick Site
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