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FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

Since 1991, the daily live broadcast of Question Period across the country on the Cable Public Affairs Channel(CPAC) and on the Parliamentary Television Network(PTV) has been provided only with English closed captioning(through computer-assisted stenotypy) and French sign language(Langue des signes quebecoise or LSQ).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

Depuis 1991, la diffusion quotidienne en direct de la période des questions sur la Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble (CPAC), d'un bout à l'autre du pays, et sur le Réseau de télévision parlementaire (RTP) s'accompagnait seulement du sous-titrage en anglais (sténotypie assistée par ordinateur) et de l'interprétation gestuelle en français (en Langue des signes québécoise ou LSQ).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
DEF

French is sign language for the deaf. It uses 30-40% of the signs of the American Sign Language, but follows the French grammatical order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

Équivalences fournies par une professeure d'interprétation gestuelle, Universités d'Ottawa et de Montréal.

OBS

Voir les fiches «LSF», «LSQ» et «pidgin».

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Quebec French dialect characterized by a set of features(mostly phonetic and lexical) that are considered to be incorrect or objectionable, generally associated with street language and often seen as a sign of acculturation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Variété de français québécois caractérisée par un ensemble de traits (surtout phonétiques et lexicaux) jugés incorrects ou mauvais, généralement identifiée au parler des milieux populaires et souvent considérée comme un signe d'acculturation.

Spanish

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