Thèse--Université de Paris. / Title and author's name also in Chinese on t.p. Includes index. "Bibliographie": p. [21]-33.

Thèse--Université de Paris. / Title and author's name also in Chinese on t.p. Includes index. "Bibliographie": p. [21]-33.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Linguistics, Dec. 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [367]-391).

Thesis (MA--Applied Language Studies) -- AUT University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (viii, 120 leaves ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 419.93 PIV)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-228). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

The idea of type has always been a crucial factor in the field of architecture. Not only it works as a dominator in the design process of architecture but also it supplies the certain ways through which architecture communicates with the observer. In order to understand the interaction between architecture and the observer the idea of type appears as a critical point. This study will be an attempt to understand the dialogue of type and model in architecture. Throughout the research Anthony Vidler&rsquo / s article &ldquo / Third Typology&rdquo / will be used as the main outline to see the development of type within the theory of architecture and various typologies. The interaction between type and model will be dealed as a field of communication where meaning in architecture is situated. In this attempt the theory of language will be the main reference to understand the relation between type and model.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 743-797).

After the release of Act No 108 of 1996, the status of the nine African languages of South Africa was elevated to that of English and Afrikaans and as a result, for the first time in the history of languages, South Africa became the first country in Africa to have eleven official languages. However, Sign Language for the Deaf was left out even though Section 6(4) of the South African School's Act No 84 of 1996 puts it clearly that "A recognized sign Language has the status of an official language for purposes of learning at a public school". In terms of Section 6 (5) (a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Pan South African Language Board was also given a task to promote, and create conditions for the development and use of the Sign Language. DEAFSA (1996), states that Sign Language is the first or natural language for the Deaf. In Act No. 108 of 1996: Section 29(2) stipulates that: "Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institution where that is reasonably practicable". The first objective of this study was to investigate if the South African Sign Language (SASL) was a fully-fledged language and to find out more about the present status of this language. The second objective was to examine if South African Sign Language was taught to Parents of Deaf children from the Zulu hearing community's point of view. Marcel Jousse; a French Jesuit Anthropologist and linguist, firmly believes in the anthropology of geste, which is synonymous with the anthropology of mimicry. This theory forms the basis of language acquisition of all peoples of the world. "The oral style with its mnemotechnic devices only comes into play once the individual has been informed by a reality which he receives and replays through his mimic being as a whole, (Fanning (1995:vii). This theory best describes the manner in which signers acquire their sign language, which solely depends on gestures made in the space by hands, body movements and facial expressions. In this theory, the anthropos plays out the receptions of the universe, replays them, stores them and revivifies them in expressions that are the mimisms of the whole human compound: corporeal, ocular and auricular manual. Unfortunately, the laryngo - buccal mimism is excluded in deaf people since they cannot speak. A multi-disciplinary approach from the educational, linguistic, historical, political and cultural perspectives was employed in collecting data for this study. The samples for the study comprised deaf learners, deaf educators, and hearing educators in schools for the deaf, interpreters of sign language, senior management from the schools of Deaf learners and parents of the deaf children. The researcher discovered that very little has been done by researchers and the government of the day to assist the deaf to gain recognition in his or her community. Parents of deaf children are unable to communicate fully with their children. The study also revealed that deaf children prefer to be taught by deaf teachers because they can identify much better with them. The researcher discovered that literature for the deaf is non-existent in all spheres of their lives. Sign language per se, is not taught as a subject. Deaf learners are not allowed to take their subjects at a Higher Grade; as a result, they feel extremely marginalized by the educators. Promoting this language would improve our trade and industry, travel & tourism etc. Student exchange programmes would also enhance the development of the sign language locally, nationally and internationally. The Deaf would become multilingual in the Sign Languages of the world when they come into contact with Deaf people from other parts of the world. This would involve sport, education, politics and other activities. The deaf would be equipped to meet various challenges in life. The Deaf people need to communicate freely amongst themselves and the hearing community of our country should make an effort to learn the Sign Language so that they are able to communicate with the deaf. This would improve the socio-economic status of our country. / Thesis (Ph.D)-University of Durban-Westville, 2004.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Esta pesquisa objetiva analisar as escolhas lexicais utilizadas pelo surdo para criar e desenvolver condiÃÃes adequadas de interaÃÃo e identificar as estratÃgias de inserÃÃo, reformulaÃÃo e retomada do tÃpico discursivo que ocorrem durante o ato comunicativo realizado em lÃngua de sinais. Para alcanÃar estes objetivos nos amparamos na teoria da AnÃlise da ConversaÃÃo, tomando como base os estudos de Marcuschi (1986) e Kerbrat-Orecchioni (2006). Os conceitos explorados perpassam pelos elementos bÃsicos da conversaÃÃo: a troca de turnos, o tÃpico discursivo e os marcadores conversacionais. Realizamos tambÃm uma explanaÃÃo sobre a lÃngua brasileira de sinais, baseada nos estudos de Quadros (1994) e Coutinho (2000). Nosso percurso metodolÃgico apresenta o tipo de entrevista, os sujeitos, os materiais utilizados e os procedimentos, ou seja, as gravaÃÃes das conversas, a manipulaÃÃo dos vÃdeos, a transcriÃÃo dos dados e a seleÃÃo do corpus para anÃlise. A seguir, a exposiÃÃo dos resultados se inicia com um levantamento quantitativo que demonstra o nÃmero de sinais obtidos em cada nÃvel de escolaridade estudado e a anÃlise das escolhas lexicais demonstrando de que forma essas escolhas podem interferir ou contribuir para a progressÃo tÃpica. A partir disso, pudemos concluir que as escolhas lexicais explicitam o vasto repertÃrio das lÃnguas de sinais e evidenciam que estas nÃo meras reproduÃÃes icÃnicas das lÃnguas orais. AlÃm disso, observamos a dificuldade de manutenÃÃo do tÃpico para que nÃo ocorram quebras significativas, mas tambÃm, comprovamos que esse desenvolvimento tÃpico pode ou nÃo ocorrer e que isso depende da relevÃncia estabelecida pelo tema da interaÃÃo / This research analyzes the lexical choices used by the deaf to create and develop an appropriate level of interaction and identify strategies for integration, reformulation and resumed the topic of discourse that occur during the communicative act performed in sign language. To achieve these goals we hold you in the theory of conversational analysis, based on studies Marcuschi (1986) and Kerbrat-Orecchioni (2006). The concepts explored mediating the basic elements of conversation: the exchange of shifts, the topic of discourse markers and conversational. We also make an explanation of the Brazilian sign language based on the work of Quadros (1994) and Coutinho (2000). Our methodological approach has the type of interview, the subjects, materials used and procedures, or recordings of conversations, the manipulation of video, data transcription and selection of the corpus for analysis. Following the presentation of results begins with a quantitative survey that shows the number of signals obtained at each level of education study and analysis of lexical choices by showing how these choices can interfere with or contribute to the progression topical. From this, we can conclude that the lexical choices explain the vast repertoire of sign languages and show that they are not mere reproductions of the iconic oral languages. Moreover, we observed the difficulty of keeping to the topic that there are no significant breaks, but it is evident that this development topic may or may not occur and that this depends on the relevance established by the theme of interaction