Completed Projects

Varieties of Hong Kong Sign Language

Date: 01/01/1993 - 01/01/1996

General summary:

This project is a series of collaborative studies led by Professors James Woodward and Gladys Tang which investigate sign language varieties in Hong Kong.

 
Aims:

• To catalogue the different varieties of Hong Kong Sign Language
• To analyse Hong Kong Sign Language based on sign linguistics principles

 
Activities:

Weekly meetings with deaf adults were conducted to collect HKSL data

 
Significance:

This project led to the compilation of the first trilingual dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language.

 
Project team:
Professor James Woodward
Professor Gladys Tang
Mr Kenny Chu
 
Output:

Tang, G. (2007). Hong Kong Sign Language: A Trilingual Dictionary with Linguistic Descriptions. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.