Is Lhasa Tibetan Sign Language emerging, endangered, or both
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3150841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tamás Hofer (0000-0003-4124-8267, University of Bristol, corresponding author), Theresia Hofer |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 2017 |
| Issue | 245 |
| Pages | 113-145 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2017-0005 |
| PMID | 29033477 |
| OpenAlex | W2605589374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article offers the first overview of the recent emergence of Tibetan Sign Language (TibSL) in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China. Drawing on short anthropological fieldwork, in 2007 and 2014, with people and organisations involved in the formalisation and promotion of TibSL, the author discusses her findings within the nine-fold UNESCO model for assessing linguistic vitality and endangerment. She follows the adaptation of this model to assess signed languages by the Institute of Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS) at the University of Central Lancashire. The appraisal shows that TibSL appears to be between "severely" and "definitely" endangered, adding to the extant studies on the widespread phenomenon of sign language endangerment. Possible future influences and developments regarding the vitality and use of TibSL in Central Tibet and across the Tibetan plateau are then discussed and certain additions, not considered within the existing assessment model, suggested. In concluding, the article places the situation of TibSL within the wider circumstances of minority (sign) languages in China, Chinese Sign Language (CSL), and the post-2008 movement to promote and use "pure Tibetan language
Archaeology · China · Endangered species · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Geography · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Sign language · Sociology · Vitality · Demography · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems · Hearing Impairment and Communication · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law
Emergence and evolutions
Classifications and typologies
Civilising’ Deaf people in Tibet and Inner Mongolia
Sign language endangerment and linguistic diversity
Tibet's Minority Languages
Evidential-perceptual transfer by a blind speaker? Or
Soziolinguistische Bibliographie europäischer Länder für 2017Sociolinguistic Bibliography of European Countries for 2017Bibliographie sociolinguistique des pays européens pour 2017
Bilingual students’ attitudes toward the Tibetan language
Introduction
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |