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Ghari, Zohreh – Sign Language Studies, 2017
In 1924 Jabbar Baghcheban created a manual system that employed the phonetic characteristics of spoken Persian and Perso-Arabic orthography for use in the education of deaf students (Ibrahimi 2007). This article is a first exploration of variation and change in this system as it has evolved into the Iranian manual alphabet. Data on the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Phonetics, Semitic Languages, Indo European Languages
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Mitchell, Ross E.; Young, Travas A.; Bachleda, Bellamie; Karchmer, Michael A. – Sign Language Studies, 2006
This article traces the sources of the estimates of the number of American Sign Language users in the United States. A variety of claims can be found in the literature and on the Internet, some of which have been shown to be unfounded but continue to be cited. In our search for the sources of the various (mis)understandings, we have found that all…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Internet, Databases, Misconceptions