sign language
Gestured linguistic system
Sign language is a system of communication using hand shapes, movements, and facial expressions instead of spoken words.
Each sign language—American Sign Language, British Sign Language, and others—is a complete natural language with its own grammar, not a translation of spoken language.
She learned sign language to communicate with her deaf coworkers.
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
translation · message · fluency · bilingualism · multilingualism · expression · convey · articulate
Letter-by-letter hand alphabet
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
lexicon · vocabulary · acquisition · sociolinguistics · psycholinguistics · neurolinguistics · classifier · simultaneity
Drama through gesture alone
Social world of the hearing-impaired
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- hard of hearingReduced auditory ability
- CODAHearing offspring of deaf
- deafnessLack of auditory function
cochlear implant · audiology · lip-reading · speech therapy · TTY · mainstreaming · residential school · Gallaudet
Emotive muscle positioning
- eyebrow raiseUpward facial arc gesture
- eye gazeWhere one's vision falls
- head tiltAngled cranial posture
- affectProduce change upon
emotion · intensity · emphasis · prosody · intonation · characterization · emote · convey
ASL
Manual visual communication system
- BSLBritish sign language
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
dialogue · translation · message · fluency · bilingualism · multilingualism · expression · convey · articulate · discourse
fingerspelling
Letter-by-letter hand alphabet
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
grammar · lexicon · vocabulary · acquisition · sociolinguistics · psycholinguistics · neurolinguistics · classifier · simultaneity · aspect
pantomime
Drama through gesture alone
deaf culture
Social world of the hearing-impaired
- hearing lossReduced ability to perceive sound
- hard of hearingReduced auditory ability
- CODAHearing offspring of deaf
deafness · cochlear implant · audiology · lip-reading · speech therapy · TTY · mainstreaming · residential school · Gallaudet
facial expression
Emotive muscle positioning
- eyebrow raiseUpward facial arc gesture
- eye gazeWhere one's vision falls
- head tiltAngled cranial posture
affect · emotion · intensity · emphasis · prosody · intonation · characterization · emote · convey
- languageword, words, grammar, spelling, alphabet
- Language & Wordstranslation, etymology, grammar, vocabulary, phonetics
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- communication systemsalphabet, Braille, Morse code, hieroglyphics, cuneiform
- signalingsmoke signals, flag signals, semaphore, heliograph, Morse code
sign languagespoken language
Audible verbal communication system
speech · verbal communication · talking · oral communication · vocalization
sign languagewritten language
Communication through inscribed symbols
writing · text · print · written communication · script
sign, language, signal, assign, signs, resign, signature, signed, significant