Northern Ireland Sign Language
Northern Ireland Sign language (NISL) is a sign language used mainly by Deaf people in Northern Ireland.
NISL is described as being related to Irish Sign Language (ISL) at the syntactic level while the lexicon is based on British Sign Language (BSL)[1] and American Sign Language (ASL).Vorlage:Citation needed
A number of practitioners see Northern Ireland Sign Language as a distinct and separate language from both BSL and ISL though "many 'Anglo-Irish' Northern Irish signers argue against the use of the acronym NISL and believe that while their variety is distinct, it is still a part of British Sign Language."[1]
Vorlage:As of the British Government recognises only British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language as the official sign languages used in Northern Ireland.[2][3]
References
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- ↑ a b Terry Janzen: Topics in Signed Language Interpreting: Theory And Practice. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 90-272-1669-X, S. 256 & 265 (google.com [abgerufen am 22. Juni 2008]).
- ↑ Sign Language. Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, abgerufen am 31. Januar 2011.
- ↑ Paul Murphy announces recognition for sign language. Northern Ireland Office, 30. März 2004, abgerufen am 31. Januar 2011: „I am pleased to announce formal recognition for both British and Irish Sign Languages in Northern Ireland.“