Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Saturday, Sept. 23 marks International Day of Sign Languages, a form of communication millions of people across the world use, but to many it's still a foreign language. For ...

Sign languages are rich, complex, and dynamic systems of communication that challenge conventional understandings of language, cognition, and culture. They are central to deaf communities worldwide, ...

Post written by François Grosjean. All language scientists have a wow moment in their profession. Mine was when I was introduced to sign language and to the world of the Deaf. I was simply overwhelmed ...

Every year, the International Day of Sign Languages is observed to recognise the importance of sign language in preserving the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of deaf communities worldwide.

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, ...

For the first time, Puerto Rican Sign Language will be in the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages.

Example of recurrent change. Still images from video dictionary entries that illustrate the phonological pattern of thumb extension. Both signs are produced with four fingers extended, but the sign ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

Post written by François Grosjean. All language scientists have a wow moment in their profession. Mine was when I was introduced to sign language and to the world of the Deaf. I was simply overwhelmed ...