Central Taurus Sign Language | MPI for Psycholinguistics Archive

CTSL Handshapes study

This study was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Diane Brentari from University of Chicago in order to investigate emerging morphology and phonology in Central Taurus Sign Language.

Lexicon

This collection involves CTSL words in isolation and in context.

Spontaneous conversations

Spontaneous conversations collected from CTSL cohorts 1-3 in August 2014 and August 2015. The pdf or eaf files should be opened with the corresponding video file/files. These files involve CTSL translations into Turkish. Please consult a Turkish speaker for translations into English.

Verb classes

This study was designed to study distinctive features for intransitive, transitive, reciprocal and symmetrical actions.

Word Order Data

This data set involves CTSL responses to intransitive, transitive and ditransitive events. The pdf file in this set lists the stimuli items. In each data file, the signers describe events in response to these stimuli items in single or multiple attempts.

Details

Title: Central Taurus Sign Language
Country: Turkey
Discipline: Psycholinguistics
Language Documentation
Persistent Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1839/fe844f1f-8152-4f1a-b750-d05096ed3b34
Description: Central Taurus Sign Language (CTSL) is an emerging sign language. It has sprung up spontaneously within the last half century in an isolated remote area in south-central Turkey. Today it has about 30 deaf and approximately 100 hearing users.

Detailed Metadata

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MPI_Collection
- Title : Central Taurus Sign Language
- DataType : Video recordings
- DataType : Transcriptions
- DataType : Stimuli
- DataType : Statistical data
- ResearchField : Psycholinguistics
- ResearchField : Language Documentation
- Date : 2019-05-20
- Description
  Description : Central Taurus Sign Language (CTSL) is an emerging sign language. It has sprung up spontaneously within the last half century in an isolated remote area in south-central Turkey. Today it has about 30 deaf and approximately 100 hearing users.
- Contributor
  Name : Rabia Ergin
  
  Role : author
  
  Role : developer
  
  Role : researcher
  
  Role : transcriber
  
  Role : interviewer
  
  EmailAddress : rabia.ergin@gmail.com
- Institution
  Organisation : Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
- Project
  ProjectName : Central Taurus Sign Language
  
  ProjectDescription : Central Taurus Sign Language (CTSL) is an emerging sign language. It has sprung up spontaneously within the last half century in an isolated remote area in south-central Turkey. Today it has about 30 deaf and approximately 100 hearing users.
- Location
  Continent : Asia
  
  Country : Turkey

Citation

Rabia Ergin. (2019). Collection "Central Taurus Sign Language". MPI for Psycholinguistics Archive. https://hdl.handle.net/1839/fe844f1f-8152-4f1a-b750-d05096ed3b34. (Accessed 2023-03-21)

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