Making an online dictionary for Central Australian sign languages | Margaret Carew and Jennifer Green 40
Making an online dictionary for Central Australian sign languages
Margaret Carew Jennifer Green
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous The University of Melbourne Tertiary Education
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Introduction In Central Australia, sign languages are used alongside speech, gesture and other semiotic systems such as sand drawing. These sign languages have been described as ‘alternate’, as they are not generally the primary mode of communication in these communities but rather % % # Z ¢ ~} = 1988 [2013]). In this paper we discuss a sign language documentation and online resource development project for Indigenous sign languages from Central Australia. In particular we track a # % $ % sign in an online sign language dictionary (www.iltyemiltyem.com). This project represents the #% #% # <