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sign language
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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sign lan·guage
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a system of communication using visual gestures and signs, as used by deaf people.
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Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages: a Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Word Formation.
Magazine article from: Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages: A Cross-Linguistic...information that sign-language research (SLR) brings...first, because the two languages involved are either...elements of the two languages involved in two modalities...function in the oral language, can in the silent ...
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New software converts speech into sign languages, uses avatar to communicate
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...well as other languages) has been studied...great depth, sign language has not...speech into sign language they will need...presently "Say It Sign It" translates...other spoken languages and forms of sign language. Published...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Talking hands; A deaf electronics worker has become a sign languages teacher to colleagues in a bid for better communication.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 8/19/1999; 700+ words
; ...other people learn the sign language she uses so that they can talk...hearing people knew how to do sign language. "Lip-reading...vital staff presentation.Two sign language professionals joined...son and daughter to recognise sign language as early as nine ...
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Sign languages get official boost in Ulster
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 3/31/2004; ; 500 words
; ...announced that British and Irish Sign Languages are now officially recognised...both British and Irish Sign Languages in Northern Ireland. "This...recognition for British Sign Language in GB." Jeff McWhinney...glad to see that the sign languages used by deaf people in ...
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Multilingualism and sign languages; from the Great Plains to Australia.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 515 words
; ...1563682966 Multilingualism and sign languages; from the Great Plains to...North American Indian Sign Language; language contact phenomena...location variation in Australian Sign Language; how Puerto Rican...informal narrative in Quebec Sign Language; and how a ...
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Sign Languages: Stories. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Studies in Short Fiction; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...most of the nine stories in Sign Languages. Hannah's greatest strength...part because of his gift for language and the precision of his...communication and the failures of language to connect people. But at...characters find themselves, the languages of signs are portents, messages ...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Sign languages get recognition.(News)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 3/31/2004; 478 words
; BRITISH and Irish sign languages have joint recognition...Mr Murphy noted sign language was used by 4,500...the provision of more sign language tutors, better interpretation...recognise the different languages which are used and to...
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Former Icelandic president becomes protector of Nordic sign languages.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 9/29/2003; 661 words
; ...protector of Nordic sign languages(C)1994-2003...protector of sign language in the Nordic countries...president said: "Language is a human right. To have your own language and to speak it...avid protector of languages that are endangered...
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Sign languages in contact.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 400 words
; 1563683563 Sign languages in contact. Ed. by David...who specialize in sign languages break new ground by presenting...between different signed languages. They cover contact in...lexical comparisons, language attrition, and foreign...
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Experts Focus On Braille, Sign Languages.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 2/22/2005; 564 words
; ...International Moth-er Language Day today, emphasis will be on Braille and Sign languages. The day, proclaimed...s 6,000 to 7,000 languages are facing the risk of...established the fact that some languages in about 200 countries...
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sign language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Gallaudet . As with any sign language, only a small percentage of signs suggest the form of...they represent. Such sign languages also may have a syntax...representing manual languages have been developed, and dictionaries of signs have been compiled. Often sign ...
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Sign Language, Indian
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...signs). This makes signs quicker to learn than...universality of gestural signs, however, Plains Sign Language is unique among the many sign languages of the world. It...their speech with signs. On the Northern...endangered spoken languages of the region, ...
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Sign Language, American
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...that its power lay in the language's obvious mimetic characteristics...however, indicated that its signs by then were not in the least...suggest that, in general, signs become smaller, more symmetrical...more centrally located as sign languages mature and as iconicity is...influence of ...
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SIGN LANGUAGE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
SIGN LANGUAGE. 1. A means of COMMUNICATION...speakers of different languages: Plains Indian sign language . 2. Also sign . A system of manual...by the deaf. The signs are conventional movements...in the leading sign languages. When a sign language ...
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British Sign Language
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
British Sign Language ( BSL ) ( brit -ish) n. the form of sign language most commonly used in Great Britain. www.signstation.org This interactive website explains British Sign Language
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