Our Place—Geographical signs

Place name signs in the Online Dictionary of NZSL.

This project (2016–2017) researched and documented signs that are commonly used for New Zealand place names in NZSL.

Signs were collected in 11 locations (Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Te Puke, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill). A total of 101 Deaf community members took part in data collection meetings in these locations.

More than 1000 signs were collected, of which 443 have been added to the NZSL Online Dictionary.

Funding

This project was funded by the NZSL Fund.

Reports, presentations and publications

Presentation at the Linguistics Society of New Zealand conference, 2016.

• pdf750.0KBSignposts - Place Name reference in NZSL

McKee, Rachel. 2024. Place Name Signs in NZSL. NZSL Week webinar, May 2024.

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