Japanese and American Sign Language Dictionary System for Japanese and English Users

Suzuki, Emiko | Kakihana, Kyoko

Volume:: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2002)
Venue:: Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Date:: 27 May to 2 June 2002
Pages:: 677–680
Publisher:: European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
License:: CC BY-NC
ACL ID:: L02-1332

Content Categories

Languages:: American Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language
Dictionaries:: JSL & ASL Dictionary

Abstract

We discuss the basic ideas behind a Japanese and American Sign Language Dictionary System for Japanese and English users. Our discussion covers two main points. The first describes the necessity of a bilingual dictionary. Since there is no “universal sign language” or real “international sign language,” if Deaf people should learn at least three languages: they want to talk to people whose mother tongue is different from their owns, the mother sign language, the mother spoken language as an intermediate language, and the sign language in which they want to communicate. The second describes the use of computer. As the use of computers becomes widespread, it is increasingly convenient to study through computer software or Internet facilities. Our dictionary system provides Deaf people with an easy means of access using their mother-spoken language. It also provides a way for people who are going to learn two sign languages to look up new vocabulary. We are further planning to examine how our system could be used to educate and assist Deaf people.

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Emiko Suzuki, Kyoko Kakihana. 2002. Japanese and American Sign Language Dictionary System for Japanese and English Users. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2002), pages 677–680, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. European Language Resources Association (ELRA).

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@inproceedings{suzuki-kakihana-2002-japanese:lrec,
  author    = {Suzuki, Emiko and Kakihana, Kyoko},
  title     = {{J}apanese and {A}merican {S}ign {L}anguage Dictionary System for {J}apanese and {E}nglish Users},
  pages     = {677--680},
  editor    = {Rodr{\'i}guez, Manuel Gonz{\'a}lez and Araujo, Carmen Paz Suarez},
  booktitle = {3rd International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2002)},
  publisher = {{European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
  address   = {Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain},
  day       = {27},
  month     = may,
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {english},
  url       = {http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2002/pdf/332.pdf}
}