sign-language
Gestural linguistic system
Sign language is any system of communication using hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements rather than spoken words.
Deaf communities worldwide have developed distinct sign languages—American Sign Language, British Sign Language—that are complete languages with their own grammar, not translations of spoken language.
To sign is to communicate this way: She signed the question to her interpreter.
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- deafUnable to hear
expression · conversation · fluency · vocabulary · grammar · syntax · fingerspelling · dialogue
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- regionalRelating to an area
- dialectRegional language variety
- pidginImprovised contact language
creole · tactile · endangered · documentation
Collective of connected people
- identityWho someone is
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- GallaudetDeaf higher education institution
gain · audism · oralism · mainstreaming · CODA · folklore · theater · activism
Science of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- classifierAssigns items to groups
- handshapeFinger positioning in signing
- movementChange in position
location · orientation · simultaneity · spatial · syntax · parameter · aspect · agreement
ASL
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- gestureCommunicative body movement
deaf · expression · conversation · fluency · vocabulary · grammar · syntax · fingerspelling · dialogue · translation
ASL
Manual visual communication system
pidgin · creole · tactile · endangered · documentation
community
Collective of connected people
Gallaudet · gain · audism · oralism · mainstreaming · CODA · folklore · theater · activism · empowerment
phonology
Science of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- classifierAssigns items to groups
- handshapeFinger positioning in signing
movement · location · orientation · simultaneity · spatial · syntax · parameter · aspect · agreement · pronoun
native
Originating from a place
developmental · modeling · input · milestone · babbling · emergence · parental · caregiver
sign-languagespoken language
Audible verbal communication system
speech · verbal communication · oral communication · written language · talking
sign, language, signs, signed, signing, signer, signers, signal, signals