TCZJ09 Sign Language Notation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
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 14:00–15:40 G02
TCZJ09/02: Wed 14:00–15:40 L11
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to learn students how to recognize the individual phonemes and morphemes of Czech sign language and to write it down using the most common notation systems and glosses as well.
Learning outcomes
After passing the course, students will know the historical context that influenced the various ways in which sign languages has been captured. Students will be familiar with the basic rules and notation of sign languages using the Bébian Mimography, Stokoe Notation System, SignWriting, Hamburg Notation System, and glossing. Students will be able to interpret writing of signs using listed systems.
Syllabus
  • 1) Genesis of writing systems.
  • 2) Parts of signs.
  • 3) Mimographie.
  • 4) Stokoe's notation system.
  • 5) SignWriting.
  • 6) Hamburg notation system.
  • 7) Berkley notation system.
  • 8) Gloses.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • 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
  • Sign language : an international handbook. Edited by Roland Pfau - Markus Steinbach - B. Woll. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012, xii, 1126. ISBN 9783110204216. info
  • Klabanová, Lucie. Vizuální percepce a fonologické formy lexémů českého znakového jazyka. Filozofická fakulta UK, 2012
  • Directions in sign language acquisition. Edited by Gary Morgan - B. Woll. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002, xix, 339 p. ISBN 1588112357. info
  • BÉBIAN, Roch-Abroise Auguste. Mimographie. 1825
  • VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ, Jitka. SignWriting. Filozofická fakulta UK, 2012
  • 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]
  • WÖHRMANN, Stefan. Handbuch zur GebärdenSchrift : Lehrbuch. Hamburg: Verlag Birgit Jacobsen, 2005, 232 s. ISBN 3980900428. info
  • 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]
  • PARKHUST, Stephnen, Dianne. A Cross-Linguistic Guide to SignWriting. Stephen Parkhust 2008
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 2020.
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