Rochester Institute of Technology RIT Scholar Works Theses 9-20-2005 Expressing negation in Chinese sign language Jun Yang Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses Recommended Citation Yang, Jun, "Expressing negation in Chinese sign language" (2005). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from This Master's Project is brought to you for free and open access by RIT Scholar Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of RIT Scholar Works. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Expressing Negation in Chinese Sign Language Master's Project Submitted to the Faculty of the Master of Science Program in Secondary Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing National Technical Institute for the Deaf ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY By Iun Hui Yang In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Rochester, New York May 16,2000 Approved: Dr. Susan Fischer, Project Advisor Dr. Gerald Bateman, Program Director Yang 2 Abstract This research project paper presents my observations and analysis of the expression of negation in Chinese Sign Language (CSL). I interviewed 15 Chinese Deaf adults in Beijing, China and videotaped those interviews. Some expressions of negation in CSL are similar to those found in other sign languages (e.g., ASL, BSL, and International Sign Language)in their linguistic aspects (e.g. non-manual signals, negative signs, and structures of negative sentences). On the other hand, I discovered