Documentation and description of a sign language in Côte d’Ivoire
The Documentation and description of a sign language in Côte d’Ivoire is a collection of signed discourse in LSCIIvorian Sign Language, a lexical database for LSCIIvorian Sign Language and descriptions and analysis fo selected features of the language. The data was collected and analysed by Angoua Tano between 2011 and 2014 and covers conversations, dialogues, discussions, elicitations, explanations, narratives, parties, presentations and stories.
| Language | Ivorian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Size | 191 video files |
| Participants |
61 participants (approximate)
Varying in age, gender and cultural/linguistic affiliation. |
| Metadata Format | ELAR HTML |
| Translation | information not available |
| Annotation | Description and analysis of selected features |
| Data Format | ELAN |
| Licence | information not available |
| Access | Restricted access requires registration |
| Webpages |
Project page: http://www.africansignlanguages.org/downloads/ivory-coast-sign-language-corpus/ 
Resource: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/6357f1b9-8c02-4277-870b-6736b5611434
Dataset: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-6ABC-4
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| Institutions |
University of Cocody Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Leiden University, Netherlands |
| Publications |
Tano (2016)
Tano (2017) |
Cite as
Tano, Angoua. 2013. Documentation and description of a sign language in Cote d’Ivoire. Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0008-6ABC-4. Accessed on [insert date here].
References
Primary references
- Angoua Jean-Jacques Tano (2016). "Etude d'une langue des signes émergente de Côte d'Ivoire: l'exemple de la Langue des Signes de Bouakako (LaSiBo)". Doctoral Thesis. 396 pp. ISBN: 978-94-6093-219-9.
- Angoua Jean-Jacques Tano (2017). "Etude d’une langue des signes émergente de Côte d’Ivoire: l’exemple de la Langue des Signes de Bouakako (LaSiBo) [Study of an emerging sign language in Ivory Coast: the example of Bouakako Sign Language (LaSiBo)]". In: Sign Language & Linguistics 20(1). John Benjamins, pp. 146-155. ISSN: 1387-9316, 1569-996X. DOI: 10.1075/sll.20.1.07tan.
This entry was last modified on 4 March 2025.