OLAC Record oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927312

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Title:		Introduction
		Documentation of Hawaii Sign Language
Description:		Documentation of Hawaii Sign Language: Building the Foundation for Documentation, Conservation, and Revitalization of Endangered Pacific Island Sign Languages. Hawaii Sign Language (HSL) developed indigenously in Hawaii. After the introduction of American Sign Language in 1941, HSL has become a critically endangered language in urgent need of documentation. Fewer than 40 users have been identified, all elderly, many above 80. In the documentation process, teaching materials with companion dictionaries will be developed and conversational histories about the lives of HSL users will be collected, annotated and archived. This is the first in-depth study of any indigenous Pacific sign language, providing an important foundation for future research on other undocumented indigenous sign languages in the Pacific.
Format:		application/pdf
Identifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927312
Identifier (URI):		https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI927312%23
Publisher:		James Woodward
		University of Hawai'i at Manoa
OLAC Info
Archive:		Endangered Languages Archive
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/soas.ac.uk
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI927312
DateStamp:		2016-11-14
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Search Info
Citation:		n.a. n.d. James Woodward.