Dr. V.A.S. (Victoria) Nyst
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| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2727 |
| E-Mail: | v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL postdoc |
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Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 4 2311 BX Leiden |
- Research
- Research interests are sign language endangerment, documentation and description, and community based field linguistics.
Research projects- 2007 – 2010 Projet LaSiMa: documentation and description of Langue des Signes Malienne – Leiden University
- 2000 – 2007 Descriptive analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana) – University of Amsterdam (download)
- 1997 – 1999 Variation in Handshape in Ugandan Sign Language – Leiden University
- Publications
- Sign languages in West Africa. V.A.S. Nyst, In: Brentari, D. Sign Languages Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Pointing out Possession in Adamorobe Sign Language. V.A.S. Nyst, in: Zeshan, U. Sign Language Typology: Po ssession and existence (in prep.) Nijmegen: Ishara Press
- Simultaneity in Adamorobe Sign Language. V.A.S. Nyst, in: Vermeergbergen, M. L. Leeson & O. Crasborn Simultaneity in Signed Languages. Form and Function (2007) Amsterdam : John Benjamins
- A descriptive analysis of Adamorobe sign language (Ghana). V.A.S. Nyst, (2007) Utrecht: LOT
- . V.A.S. Nyst, A.E. Baker, in: Cross-linguistic perspectives in sign language research. Selected papers from TISLR 2000. (2003) Hamburg: Signum
- Teaching activities
- I have been teaching sign linguistic courses at the University of Amsterdam from 2000 till 2007, including Introduction to sign linguistics, Sociolinguistics of sign languages, Socio and Psycholinguistic aspects of sign languages and Deaf culture.
- Curriculum vitae
- Born in Domburg, The Netherlands. Studied African Linguistics at Leiden University, specializing in sign languages.
Degrees held:- Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2007 from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with a thesis on an endangered sign language from Ghana, “A descriptive analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana)”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Anne E. Baker, Prof. Dr. Maarten Mous and Dr. Roland Pfau.
- M.A. in African Linguistics from the University of Leiden in 1999.
