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ELP. Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language. Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL), sometimes called Trinidadian or Trinbago Sign Language (TSL) is the indigenous deaf sign language of Trinidad and Tobago, originating in about 1943 when the first deaf school opened, the Cascade School for the Deaf. It is not used in deaf education, which has been ...
Sign Language Studies Vol. 19 No. 1 Fall 2018 Ben Braithwaite is a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of the West Indies, working on the sign languages of the Caribbean. BEN BRAITHWAITE Language Contact and the History of Sign Language in Trinidad and Tobago Abstract The emergence of a national sign language in Trinidad and Tobago
HISTORY OF TTSL. Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL) is the youngest and perhaps the least known of Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) heritage languages. In fact, it’s one of the youngest languages in the world, having been created over the last 70 years. Here we discuss the remarkable story of its birth, and its importance to the deaf ...
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Trinidad and Tobago sign language (TTSL) : its emergence, development and transmission
The emergence of a national sign language in Trinidad and Tobago can be traced back to the first deaf school, which was opened in the 1940s. This article describes some of the ways in which signing in the country has been shaped by changing educational practices, and complex, multi-modal language contact.
A language profile for Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language. Get a detailed look at the language, from population to dialects and usage.
