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Everything about Japanese Sign Language
Dominant sign language of Japan
Japanese Sign Language , also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language, distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Japanese Sign LanguageA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Intuitions of native Japanese Sign Language signers onmouthing words with multiple pronunciationsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: NoguchiThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Recognition of Non-Manual Content in Continuous Japanese Sign LanguageCited 25 times
- Go sideways: Miyakubo Sign LanguageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Deafness in JapanA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Recognition of Non-Manual Content in Continuous Japanese Sign Language
Numeral Incorporation in Japanese Sign Language
General use coordination in Japanese and Japanese Sign Language
Variation in the numeral system of Japanese Sign Language and Taiwan Sign Language
Japanese sign language classification based on gathered images and neural networks
Grammatical Differences Between Japanese Sign Language, Pidgin Sign Japanese, and Manually Coded Japanese: Effects on Comprehension
Some observations on wh-clauses in Japanese Sign Language
Signed Names in Japanese Sign Language: Linguistic and Cultural Analyses
🆕 Influential since 2022
Intuitions of native Japanese Sign Language signers onmouthing words with multiple pronunciations
AI RECOGNITION OF JAPANESE SIGN LANGUAGE AND ITS APPLICATION
From the Perspective of Language Simplification Easy Japanese and Sign Language News
Phonemic status of the O handshape in Japanese Sign Language
Japanese Sign Language (JSL) Toponym Etiology Reveals Constraints on Positional Salience in Korean Sign Language (KSL) Toponym Formation
📚 Books worth reading
NoguchiNoguchi, Isamu · 1953
Remembering the kanaJames W. Heisig, Helmut Morsbach · 2007- 📕Read practical JapaneseJohn Braden · 1976
The practical guide to Japanese signsTae Moriyama · 1987
Reading Japanese signsIan McArthur · 1993
Deaf in JapanKaren Nakamura · 2006
Wakariyasui shuwa jitenEiaki Ogata · 2001
Shin shuwa jiten
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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