JSL

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Proper noun

JSL

  1. Initialism of Japanese Sign Language.
  2. Initialism of Japanese as a second language.
    • 1993 October 28, Margaret Thomas, Knowledge of Reflexives in a Second Language (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders)‎, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175:
      Since the predictions of Hypothesis A do not differ according to the learner's L1, column (c) conflates the responses of Japanese- and Spanish-Speaking L2 learners in the ESL experiment, and conflates the responses of English- and Chinese-speaking L2 learners in the JSL experiment.

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