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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 8:1 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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The ABCs of New Zealand Sign Language: Aerial Spelling

Wayne Forman

Aerial spelling is the term given here for the way many deaf people in New Zealand, especially the elderly, manually represent letters of the alphabet. It is simply a system using the index finger to write letter(s) "in the air" and is an integral part of New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). Unfortunately, recent research into NZSL is either dismissive of it or fails to acknowledge it. This article describes aerial spelling and discusses its nature, as well as its indifferent treatment in current literature.

Correspondence should be sent to Wayne Forman, 43 Masefield Ave., Napier, New Zealand.

Received April 30, 2002; revised June 11, 2001; accepted June 12, 2002


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