LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM

(last updated 2001-12-19)

Name of requester          : Michael Everson
E-mail address of requester: everson&evertype.com
Tag to be registered       : sgn-CH-de

English name of language   : Swiss German Sign Language

Native name of language (transcribed into ASCII): 
Deutschschweizerische Gebrdensprache, DSGS)

Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

Boyes Braem, P. (2000). Functions of the Mouthing Component in Swiss 
German Sign Language. In Brentari, D. (Ed.) Foreign Vocabulary in 
Sign Languages. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum and As-sociates.

Boyes Braem, P. (1999). Rhythmic temporal patterns in the signing of 
early and late learners of German Swiss Sign Language. Language and 
Speech (Special issue on prosody in spoken and signed languages, 
edited by W. Sandler and M. Nespor.). Vol 42 (Parts 2 & 3 April - 
Sept. 1999) pp. 177-208.

Boyes Braem, P. (1995). Eine Untersuchung u"ber den Einfluss des 
Erwerbsalters auf die in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz verwendeten 
Formen von Geba"rdensprache: Ein U"berblick zu einem vom 
Schweizerischen Nationalfonds unterstu"tzuten Projekt des 
Forschungszentrum fu"r Geba"rdensprache, Basel 1991-1995. 
Informationsheft Nr. 27. ZGeba"rdensprache der Geho"rlosen.
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