A concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its
contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language …

The current study contributes empirical data to our understanding of how knowledge of
American Sign Language (ASL) syntax aids reading print English for deaf children who are …

Signing systems that attempted to represent spoken language via manual signs–some
invented, and some borrowed from natural sign languages–have historically been used in …

We address the issue of deixis–anaphora in sign language (SL) discourse, focusing on the
role of eye-gaze. According to the Semiological Approach, SL structuring stems from a …

A fundamental assumption about language is that, regardless of language modality, it faces
the linearization problem, ie, an event that occurs simultaneously in the world has to be split …

Sign language lexicons incorporate phonological specifications. Evidence from emerging
sign languages suggests that phonological structure emerges gradually in a new language …

San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign Language (CSL) is a group of six family-based signed
language varieties in rural Mexico. This study analyzes the variation of iconic patterns of …

In 2018, I was senior chair of the Linguistics in Higher Education Committee, an open
committee of the Linguistic Society of America. In an effort to branch out and select a topic …

This volume reveals new insights on the faculty of language. By proposing a new approach
in the analysis and description of Italian Sign Language (LIS), that can be extended also to …

How do new words arise in a sign language? We present an empirical study of newly
formed words in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). Five signers were asked to …