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Direct linkKusters, Annelies; Lucas, Ceil – Sign Language Studies, 2022
In a Dialogue section of the "Journal of Sociolinguistics" (vol. 26, no. 1), author pairs introduce a number of themes and debates in sign language sociolinguistics, explore why these are debates; how the debates are situated within sociolinguistics as a whole; and how spoken language sociolinguistics does or does not have similar…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Sign Language, Speech Communication, Language Variation
De Meulder, Maartje – Sign Language Studies, 2015
This article provides an analytical overview of the different types of explicit legal recognition of sign languages. Five categories are distinguished: constitutional recognition, recognition by means of general language legislation, recognition by means of a sign language law or act, recognition by means of a sign language law or act including…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Constitutional Law, Federal Legislation, Classification
Schuster, Michal; Hirsch, Galia – Sign Language Studies, 2018
This article discusses the occurrence of voids in the intersection between Hebrew and Israeli Sign Language (ISL). Using Weizman's classification of voids (2010, 2016) in our analysis, we have discovered that languages that employ visual and auditory modalities make use of an additional category of voids: modality-induced voids. Our corpus…
Descriptors: Deafness, Sign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Semitic Languages
Kaneko, Michiko; Mesch, Johanna – Sign Language Studies, 2013
This article discusses the role of eye gaze in creative sign language. Because eye gaze conveys various types of linguistic and poetic information, it is an intrinsic part of sign language linguistics in general and of creative signing in particular. We discuss various functions of eye gaze in poetic signing and propose a classification of gaze…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Human Body, Foreign Countries, Eye Movements
Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 2005
Many moments that humans see naturally suggest something other than themselves. This is a legacy from the remotest time. Among animals, movements of prey and predator give each an indication of what may happen next and a basis for choosing their own actions. As species evolved, the movements that could be made and the meanings that could be…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Verbs, Color, Nouns
Grossman, Ruth B.; Kegl, Judy – Sign Language Studies, 2006
American Sign Language uses the face to express vital components of grammar in addition to the more universal expressions of emotion. The study of ASL facial expressions has focused mostly on the perception and categorization of various expression types by signing and nonsigning subjects. Only a few studies of the production of ASL facial…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Grammar, Classification
