| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,880,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In the Deaf communities of French-speaking West Africa, where no previous research existed, the sign language, Deaf culture and history were described with the method of fieldwork. Also African Deaf researchers were trained in the serial workshops and the research team by the Deaf was founded. Main results of this project are as follow: 1) Collection of the firsthand information in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. 2) Publication of the first sign language dictionary in Cote d'Ivoire. 3) Construction of the online database on world sign languages in English, Japanese and French. 4) Sponsor of the International Conference on Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF). 5) Foundation of the Group for the preparation of the foundation of the Research Institute for Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF).
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