In this week’s episode, Erin West speaks about her PhD research relating to phonology in Auslan, the sign language in Australia. Erin talks about her research and the steps we still need to take for language equity.


Resources: 

Sign bank- https://auslan.org.au/

ASL users How Many People Use ASL in the United States? https://gallaudet.edu/wp-content/uploads/gcloud/gal-media/Documents/Research-Support-and-International-Affairs/ASL_Users.pdf

BSL users Help & Resources - British Deaf Association https://bda.org.uk/help-resources/

Fieldsteel et al. (2020) (open access) Nouns and verbs in parent input in American Sign Language during interaction among deaf dyads - PubMed (nih.gov)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33505227/

Stokoe (2005; reprint of 1960 work) (open access) Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf | The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | Oxford Academic https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/article/10/1/3/361306?login=false
Gallaudet University- https://gallaudet.edu/

International Week of Deaf People- https://wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/

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