Known by many as the father of the linguistics of American Sign Language, the late William C. Stokoe, Professor Emeritus at Gallaudet University, began publication of the quarterly journal Sign ...

Abstract The point of departure of this article is the cluster of three pretheoretical presuppositions (P) governing modern research on sign languages: (1) that a stream of signing consists of signs ...

Phonology – the systematic organisation of sounds in language – plays a critical role in language acquisition, reflecting the interplay between innate predispositions and environmental input. Research ...

A financial grant of €70,000 from the Ministry for Inclusion and Volunteering has supported the creation of a course in Maltese Sign Language, the government said. The course has been ...

Currently there is a debate as to what role sign language has played in language evolution, and whether the structure of sign language share similarities with spoken language. New research shows that ...