Erich Fox Tree, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

(1) Indigenous Sign Languages (2) Meemul Ch'aab'al of Western Guatemala (3) Mesoamerica (4) Maya Area (5) Language endangerment and revitalization (6) Linguistic documentation (7) Aboriginal peoples (8) Gesture-writing

Latest funding

Lexicography of the Indigenous Sign Language of Guatemala: Decoding Ancient Mesoamerica Art, While Valorizing Modern Peoples
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$47,206

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Lexicography of the Indigenous Sign Language of Guatemala: Decoding Ancient Mesoamerica Art, While Valorizing Modern Peoples

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Fox Tree, Erich

Keywords: (1) Indigenous Sign Languages; (2) Meemul Ch'aab'al of Western Guatemala; (3) Mesoamerica; (4) Maya Area; (5) Language endangerment and revitalization; (6) Linguistic documentation; (7) Aboriginal peoples; (8) Gesture-writing; (9) Visual lexicography; (10) Iconography

$47,206

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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