▪ Abstract Because of their deafness, deaf people have been marked as different and treated
problematically by their hearing societies. Until 25 years ago, academic literature …

The term homesign has been used to describe the signing of deaf individuals who have not
had sustained access to the linguistic resources of a named language. Early studies of child …

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration
opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human …

Cell migration initiates by extension of the actin cytoskeleton at the leading edge.
Computational analysis of fluorescent speckle microscopy movies of migrating epithelial …

A new sign language has been created by deaf Nicaraguans over the past 25 years,
providing an opportunity to observe the inception of universal hallmarks of language. We …

It has been suggested that iconic graphical signs evolve into symbolic graphical signs
through repeated usage. This article reports a series of interactive graphical communication …

This text provides preservice and inservice teachers with comprehensive information
regarding how children who are deaf learn to use language in face-to-face communication …

This paper compares two explanations of the process by which human communication
systems evolve: iterated learning and social collaboration. It then reports an experiment …

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the
assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore …

How might a human communication system be bootstrapped in the absence of conventional
language? We argue that motivated signs play an important role (ie, signs that are linked to …