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Nicaraguan Sign Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"From the beginning of her research in Nicaragua in 1986 until Nicaraguan Sign Language was well-established, Kegl carefully avoided introducing the signed languages she already knew, in particular American Sign Language, to the deaf community in Nicaragua. A type of linguistic imperialism had been occurring internationally for decades where individuals would introduce ASL to populations of deaf people in other countries, often supplanting already existing local signed languages. Kegl's policy was to document and study rather than to impose or change the language or its community. While she did not interfere with deaf Nicaraguans gaining exposure to other signed languages, she did not introduce such opportunities herself. She has however documented contact and influences with other signed languages that began as early as the 1990s and that continue to influence ISN as any languages in contact influence one another."
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august 2010 by rtlechow
Welcome - The Rosetta Project
"The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages."
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may 2010 by rtlechow
Slash7 with Amy Hoy - Pages - Help Vampires: A Spotter's Guide
It's so regular you could set your watch by it. The decay of a community is just as predictable as the decay of certain stable nuclear isotopes. As soon as an open source project, language, or what-have-you achieves a certain notoriety—its half-life, if you will—they swarm in, seemingly draining the very life out of the community itself.
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november 2009 by rtlechow
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