Felix Y.B. Sze

Tang, Gladys, Joe Mak, Ka Yiu Cheng and Felix Y.B. Sze 2023 Chapter 12. Developing an inventory of handshapes, locations, and movements in Hong Kong Sign Language Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics, Wehrmeyer, Ella (ed.), pp. 309–352 | Chapter

In this chapter, we describe how we incorporate the Prosodic Model (Brentari 1998), especially the concept of a hierarchy of nodes with features, into a template for feature coding of sign entries in a lexical database, and how we make use of the features to organize learner’s dictionaries of… read more

Sze, Felix Y.B. and Gladys Tang 2018 R-impersonals in Hong Kong Sign Language Impersonal human reference in Sign Languages, Barberà, Gemma and Patricia Cabredo Hofherr (eds.), pp. 284–306 | Article

This paper discusses R-impersonals in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). As evidenced in our questionnaire and conversation data, R-impersonals in HKSL typically make use of null forms, the non-specific indefinite determiner (i.e., onedet-path (someone)/onedet-path (anyone)), distinguished by… read more

Wei, Monica X., Felix Y.B. Sze and Aaron Y. L. Wong 2018 Gender variation in signs of sexual behaviour in Hong Kong Sign Language Asia-Pacific Language Variation 4:1, pp. 1–35 | Article

This paper discusses possible gender variation in the signs of sexual behaviour in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). The data comes from a research project that aims at documenting and analyzing sex-related signs in this sign language for the sake of producing materials for sex education and… read more

Sze, Felix Y.B., Silva Isma, Adhika Irlang Suwiryo, Laura Lesmana Wijaya, Adhi Kusumo Bharato and Iwan Satryawan 2015 Differentiating ‘dialect’ and ‘language’ in sign languages: A case study of two signing varieties in Indonesia Asia-Pacific Language Variation 1:2, pp. 190–219 | Article

The distinction between languages and dialects has remained a controversial issue in literature. When such a distinction is made, it often has far-reaching implications in top-down language promotion and preservation policies that tend to favor only those varieties that are labelled as ‘languages’.… read more

Sze, Felix Y.B. 2013 Nonmanual markings for topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language Nonmanuals in Sign Language, Herrmann, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 111–142 | Article

Across sign languages, topic constructions are marked by nonmanual features such as a brow raise and head tilt. This study investigates whether a topic constituent is marked nonmanually in Hong Kong Sign Language. Spontaneous and elicited data show that the majority of ‘scene-setting’ topics, which… read more

Sze, Felix Y.B. 2011 Nonmanual markings for topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language Nonmanuals in Sign Language, Herrmann, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 115–147 | Article

Across sign languages, topic constructions are marked by nonmanual features such as a brow raise and head tilt. This study investigates whether a topic constituent is marked nonmanually in Hong Kong Sign Language. Spontaneous and elicited data show that the majority of ‘scene-setting’ topics, which… read more

Sze, Felix Y.B. 2009 Topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language (University of Bristol, 2008) Sign Language & Linguistics 12:2, pp. 222–227 | Article

Tang, Gladys, Felix Y.B. Sze and Scholastica Wai Sze Lam 2007 Acquisition of Simultaneous Constructions by Deaf Children of Hong Kong Sign Language Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function, Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn (eds.), pp. 283–316 | Article

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