JSL

See also: jsl

English

Proper noun

JSL

2. Initialism of Japanese Sign Language.

   Hypernyms: sign language < language

   Coordinate terms: ASL, HSL, see others

4. Initialism of Japanese as a second language.

   Hypernym: language

   Coordinate term: ESL

   • 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.

Further reading

• JSL on Wikipedia.Wikipedia