TCZJ09 Sign Language Notation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Fikejs (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Strachoňová, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Aneta Fidrichová
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
TCZJ09/01: Tue 12:00–13:40 L32, J. Fikejs
TCZJ09/02: Thu 14:00–15:40 J22, J. Fikejs
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/22, only registered: 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal of this course is to show the most common ways of writing down sign languages (notation systems), historic consequences, namely historic background of their genesis. But in the first place the goal is to show the rules of writing down sign languages using writing systems and to learn students read their writings.
Learning outcomes
After passing this course, students will know historic background and genesis of several writing systems of sign languages. Namely structure and rules of writing and reading Stokoe notation system, Hamburg notation system and SignWriting.
Syllabus
  • 1) Genesis of writing systems.
  • 2) Parts of signs.
  • 3) Mimographie.
  • 4) Gloses.
  • 5) Stokoe's notation system.
  • 6) Hamburg notation system.
  • 7) SignWriting.
  • 8) Berkley notation system.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ, Jitka. SignWriting. Filozofická fakulta UK, 2012
  • PARKHUST, Stephnen, Dianne. A Cross-Linguistic Guide to SignWriting. Stephen Parkhust 2008
  • HANKE, Thomas. HamNoSys – Representing Sign Language Data in Language Resources and Language Processing Contexts. University of Hamburg. [https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/dgs-korpus/files/inhalt_pdf/HankeLRECSLP2004_05.pdf]
  • Schmaling, C. a T. Hanke, HamNoSys 4.0. In: T. Hanke (ed.), Interface definitions. ViSiCAST Deliverable D5-1. 2001 [http:// www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/projekte/ HamNoSys/HNS4.0/englisch/HNS4.pdf]
  • BÉBIAN, Roch-Abroise Auguste. Mimographie. 1825
  • Sign language : an international handbook. Edited by Roland Pfau - Markus Steinbach - B. Woll. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012, xii, 1126. ISBN 9783110204216. info
  • OKROUHLÍKOVÁ, Lenka. Notace - zápis českého znakového jazyka. Vyd. 1. - dotisk [i.e. 2., o. Praha: Česká komora tlumočníků znakového jazyka, 2008, 133 s. ISBN 9788087153932. info
  • WÖHRMANN, Stefan. Handbuch zur GebärdenSchrift : Lehrbuch. Hamburg: Verlag Birgit Jacobsen, 2005, 232 s. ISBN 3980900428. info
  • Directions in sign language acquisition. Edited by Gary Morgan - B. Woll. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002, xix, 339 p. ISBN 1588112357. info
Teaching methods
tutorial, e-learning
Assessment methods
attendance (2 absences allowed), final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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