Office: EPS 4.128
Phone: 512-232-1942
angelanonaka@mail.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., UCLA

Research interests:
Language Diversity and Language Endangerment, Language Socialization Studies, Sign Language Linguistics, Deaf Studies, East Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Anthropology of Disability, History of Special Education in Asia, Thailand and Japan.

Field(s) of Study: Linguistic Anthropology

Recent Publications:
Forthcoming. "Name Signs in Japanese Sign Language: An 'Indexical' Onomastic System." Sign Language Studies.

Under review. "Thai Sign Language Onomastics: Signs of the Need for Expanding 'Deafinitions' of Linguistic Diversity in Southeast Asia." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

2004. "Sign Languages-The Forgotten Endangered Languages: Lessons on the Importance of Remembering." Language in Society Volume 33(05):737-767.

1999. Learning Thai Sign Language Volumes #1-4. (English language translation). Bangkok: General Education Department and the National Association of the Deaf in Thailand.