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Emerging Sign Languages of Mesoamerica
Sign Language Studies, 2019:In this article, I briefly explore recent investigations regarding the emergence of sign languages in Mesoamerican contexts and examine some features that facilitate their emergence.
Olivier Le Guen
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Variation in phrasal rhythm in sign languages
Sign Language and Linguistics, 2018In this paper. we offer a preliminary investigation of some aspects of individual and group variation in sign rate and rhythm, considering the sociolinguistic factors of Age (younger and older adults), Gender, and Sign Variety (Black and Mainstream ...
D. Brentari +2 more
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, 2017
In the past two decades, a wave of campaigns to recognise sign languages have taken place in numerous countries. These campaigns sought official recognition of national sign languages, with the aim of enhancing signers’ social mobility and protecting the
M. D. Meulder, Joseph J. Murray
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In the past two decades, a wave of campaigns to recognise sign languages have taken place in numerous countries. These campaigns sought official recognition of national sign languages, with the aim of enhancing signers’ social mobility and protecting the
M. D. Meulder, Joseph J. Murray
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The linguistics of sign languages - an introduction
, 2016How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language?
A. Baker +3 more
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Sign Languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook
, 2015Sign Languages of the World is a one-of-a-kind handbook covering 38 of the world's deaf sign languages and auxiliary sign languages. Each sign language has a dedicated chapter, written by experts for the volume.
J. Jepsen +3 more
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Sign languages in their historical context
, 2014Sign languages arise almost anywhere there are deaf people. By defi nition, deaf people cannot hear, but most have an intact capacity for language, and language will out one way or another.
S. Fischer
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The noun-verb distinction in two young sign languages
, 2013Many sign languages have semantically related noun-verb pairs, such as ‘hairbrush/brush-hair’, which are similar in form due to iconicity. Researchers studying this phenomenon in sign languages have found that the two are distinguished by subtle ...
Oksana Tkachman, W. Sandler
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Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in Sign Languages
, 2013In this paper, I describe sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages (with a focus on Australian Sign Language - Auslan, and British Sign Language – BSL) in phonology, lexicon and syntax.
Adam Schembri, T. Johnston
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Numeral Variation in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages
, 2018J. Safar +3 more
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