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Olivier Le Guen; Rossy Kinil Canche; Merli Collí Hau; Geli Collí Collí – Sign Language Studies, 2023
This article analyzes the construction of sign names in an emerging sign language from Mexico, the Yucatec Maya Sign Language (YMSL). Data comes from elicited interviews as well as natural interactions collected by the authors and signers from two different villages, Chicán and Nohkop. Despite YMSL being an isolate language, sign name construction…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Mayan Languages, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Wilbers, Stephen – College Board Review, 1987
A discussion of American Sign Language looks at its history in the context of deaf education and its increasing acceptance as a complete natural language both among linguists and in the college curriculum. (MSE)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Curriculum, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness