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Finding How the Loanwords Originated from English on the Korean Sign Language Dictionary are Transformed into Korean Sign Language

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2010, 11(4), pp.439-463
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

장진석 1

1나사렛대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to find 1) what and how the loanwords in English are registrated in Korean Sign Language Dictionary(KSLD) 2) and how many loanwords transformed into Korean Sign Language(KSL) are same as, similar to or different from American Sign Language(ASL). The results of the research are as followings;The first, it is found that the total numbers of loanwords registrated in KSLD are 229 words. The second, it is found that there are 215 words in English among 229 words, and only 34 KSL words transformed from loanwords in English are same as ASL, 10 words are similar to and quite different from ASL are 171 words among 215 words. Now we found and expect that we should try to correct the different loanwords of KSL from ASL to same as ASL as soon as possible.

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