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- Title
A Tale of Sign Language Dictionary Making in the Netherlands.
- Authors
Schermer, Trude
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of sign language dictionary making in the Netherlands. It begins with the author's introduction to the field of linguistics and their realization of the lack of sign language education for deaf children in the country. This led to a collaboration between the Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child, the University of Amsterdam, and the author's research on communication between hearing mothers and their deaf babies. The article then describes the KOMVA project, which aimed to inventory the signs used by deaf people in the Netherlands and compile a bilingual Dutch/NGT dictionary. The project resulted in the publication of the first national dictionary of NGT and the development of the Signbase database. The article also discusses the standardization of the NGT lexicon for educational purposes and the ongoing efforts to gain legal recognition for NGT as a language. The Dutch Sign Centre has played a significant role in spreading the NGT lexicon through various dictionaries and the online NGT dictionary. The article concludes with the recent recognition of NGT as a language by the Dutch government.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; SIGN language; DEAF children; ENCYCLOPEDIAS &; dictionaries; AMERICAN Sign Language; TELECOMMUNICATION systems
- Publication
Sign Language Studies, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 2, p464
- ISSN
0302-1475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sls.2024.a920123