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Nicodemus, Brenda; Swabey, Laurie; Leeson, Lorraine; Napier, Jemina; Pettita, Giulia; Taylor, Marty M. – Sign Language Studies, 2017
Little is known about the nature of fingerspelling during sign language interpretation. In this small-scale, exploratory study, we examined the fingerspelling of interpreters working in five different sign languages: American Sign Language (ASL), Australian Sign Language (Auslan), British Sign Language (BSL), Irish Sign Language (ISL), and Italian…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Finger Spelling, Naming
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Sheridan, Sarah – Language Learning Journal, 2021
Sign language learners are a heterogenous group who have different motivations for embarking on formal studies. It is apparent at the outset that many learners are uninformed about sign languages and the deaf community. It has been previously noted that societies often lack the understanding that signed languages are valid languages, and have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Deafness, Self Concept, Sign Language