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Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological ‘complexity’ and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities.
Kearsy Cormier +2 more
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Exploring Phonological Aspects of Australian Indigenous Sign Languages
Languages, 2021 Spoken languages make up only one aspect of the communicative landscape of Indigenous Australia—sign languages are also an important part of their rich and diverse language ecologies. Australian Indigenous sign languages are predominantly used by hearing
Jennifer Green +2 more
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AfriSign: African sign languages machine translation
Discover Artificial IntelligenceResearch on sign language translation is ongoing with a high social inclusive goal of crossing the bridge between people with hearing disability using sign language as their basic way to communicate to others who do not understand sign language. Hundreds
Kate Takyi +1 more
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The Vulnerability of Emerging Sign Languages: (E)merging Sign Languages?
Languages, 2022 Emerging sign languages offer linguists an opportunity to observe language emergence in real time, far beyond the capabilities of spoken language studies.
Marah Jaraisy, Rose Stamp
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Languages, 2022 The emergence of sign language is of special interest because sign languages are the only human languages that can emerge de novo at any time [...]
Wendy Sandler +2 more
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Sign language research in Ghana: An overview of indigenous and foreign-based sign languages
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2021 The recognition of sign language as a full-fledged human language with linguistics description has led to several research works in both theoretical and applied linguistics considering different aspects.
Mary Edward, George Akanlig-Pare
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SIGN LANGUAGES AS CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS IN COMMUNICATION OF DEAF PEOPLE [PDF]
Езиков свят, 2023 Sign languages are conventional communication systems that arise spontaneously in all deaf communities around the world. The current article offers a glimpse into the problem of the essence of a natural human language, which exists in a physical ...
Diyana Georgieva
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SIGN LANGUAGES
Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2022 The object of the research is to analyze sign languages which have been an essential aspect of communication throughout human history of the disabled. It aims to examine the main stages of development of sign languages.
Dina A. Galieva, Liliya V. Naurazbaeva
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Lexical comprehension within and across sign languages of Belgium, China and the Netherlands
Glossa, 2023 There are hundreds of known sign languages around the world today, distinct languages each with its own historical and cultural context. Nevertheless, it is well known among signers who move through international spaces and across signing communities ...
Carl Börstell
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Lexical overlap in young sign languages from Guatemala
Glossa, 2022 In communities without older standardized sign languages, deaf people develop their own sign languages and strategies for communicating. These languages vary across several dimensions, including their age, their distribution within the wider spoken ...
Laura Horton
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