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Nicaraguan Sign Language (8)

Sites:

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/examples.jsp

» A Language at Its Genesis
Article on the birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language, and researcher Judy Kegl's work to document the process.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/linguistics/examples.jsp

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19991024mag-sign-language.html

» A Linguistic Big Bang
A journalist interviews some of the deaf Nicaraguan school children who use a new sign language they invented on their own. From the New York Times Magazine.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19991024mag-sign-language.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/25/60II/main188527.shtml

» Birth Of A Language
Article and video from "60 Minutes" about the development of the language.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/25/60II/main188527.shtml

» Children's Contribution to the Birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language
Abstract of PhD thesis by Ann Senghas.
http://web.mit.edu/mitwpl/diss/SENG01.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/2/l_072_04.html

» Evolution: Birth of a Language
Background information focusing on the emergence of language, and a video from the PBS show.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/2/l_072_04.html

» Gallaudet University Press News
Includes an article about the development of NSL.
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/enewsletter4alt.html

» Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects, Inc.
University of Maine research effort. Descriptions of study projects, schools at Bluefields and Condega, publications list, and staff resumes.
http://www.unet.maine.edu/courses/NSLP/

http://www.signwriting.org/nicaragua/nicaragua.html

» SignWriting in Nicaragua
Covers the written representation of the signed language, the spread of literacy, and first-person reports from those teaching deaf children to read and write their native signed language.
http://www.signwriting.org/nicaragua/nicaragua.html

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