TISLR 8: Enabling Full Access for Deaf & Hearing Americans and Increasing Representation of Deaf Americans

TISLR 8：为聋人提供全面访问

• 批准号: 0418417
• 负责人: Richard Meier
• 金额: $ 3.25万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0418417&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TISLR; Enabling; Full; Access; Deaf

Linguistic research has demonstrated that there are two major classes of human languages: spoken languages and the naturally-evolved signed languages of Deaf communities. The TISLR ("Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research") conferences have been the most important international venue for discussion and presentation of results on the linguistics and psycholinguistics of signed languages. The increasingly international focus of the TISLR meetings-specifically, the focus on crosslinguistic, crosscultural work-is crucial in the study of signed languages. With National Science Foundation support, complete American Sign Language (ASL)-to-English and English-to-ASL interpretation will be provided at the TISLR conference in Barcelona (September 29-October 2, 2004), the 8th in a series of meetings that stretches back to the first TISLR conference held at the University of Rochester in 1986. This project seeks to ensure that the linguistic research reported at the Barcelona TISLR meeting is fully accessible to American researchers who are themselves Deaf signers. This project will also enable adequate interpretation into English of scholarly presentations by Deaf scholars from the U.S. and much of Canada, and will foster informal interactions between Deaf scholars and hearing scholars who do not know ASL. Lastly, this project will provide travel support for up to 8 Deaf graduate and undergraduate students to attend the TISLR meeting.By providing interpretation into ASL, this project provides necessary infrastructure for the American scientific community that is exploring linguistics of signed languages. This project will also grow that scientific community by creating new opportunities for the participation of Deaf students at an international research conference. The Deaf are a historically underrepresented group in American science. By enabling the participation at TISLR of Deaf students in linguistic and psycholinguistic research, the participation of native and near-native signers of ASL in linguistic research will be fostered. Lastly, linguistic research on signed languages and on how they are acquired by children makes a fundamental contribution to practice in deaf education. In this instance, scientific research and educational practice are closely linked.

语言学研究表明，人类语言有两大类：口语和聋人社区自然进化的手语。TISLR（“手语研究中的理论问题”）会议一直是讨论和展示手语语言学和心理语言学成果的最重要的国际场所。越来越多的国际关注，特别是对跨语言、跨文化工作的关注，对手语的研究至关重要。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，在巴塞罗那举行的TISLR会议（2004年9月29日至10月2日）将提供完整的美国手语（ASL）到英语和英语到美国手语的翻译，这是自1986年在罗切斯特大学举行的第一次TISLR会议以来的第八次系列会议。该项目旨在确保在巴塞罗那TISLR会议上报告的语言学研究完全可供自己也是聋人手语的美国研究人员使用。该项目还将使来自美国和加拿大大部分地区的聋人学者的学术演讲能够充分翻译成英语，并将促进聋人学者和不懂美国手语的听力学者之间的非正式互动。最后，该项目将为多达8名聋人研究生和本科生提供参加TISLR会议的旅费支持。通过将手语翻译成美国手语，该项目为美国科学界探索手语语言学提供了必要的基础设施。这个项目还将通过为聋哑学生在国际研究会议上的参与创造新的机会来发展科学界。聋人在美国科学界历来是一个代表性不足的群体。通过让聋人学生参与到语言和心理语言学的研究中，可以促进母语和接近母语的美国手语手语使用者参与到语言研究中来。最后，手语的语言学研究以及儿童如何习得手语对聋人教育的实践做出了根本性的贡献。在这种情况下，科学研究和教育实践紧密相连。