In contrast to scholars and signers in the nineteenth century, William Stokoe conceived of
American Sign Language (ASL) as a unique linguistic tradition with roots in nineteenth …

International Sign (IS) and American Sign Language (ASL) have both been used as lingua
francas within international deaf contexts. Perspectives on the uses of IS and ASL as lingua …

In this chapter, we extend a usage-based theory of Construction Morphology to the analysis
of sign language structure, to address two long-standing categorization problems in sign …

A new phonological system is becoming conventional across a group of DeafBlind signers
in the United States who communicate via reciprocal, tactile channels—a practice known as …

This paper examines how gesturers and signers use their bodies to express concepts such
as instrumentality and humanness. Comparing across eight sign languages (American …

It has become increasingly clear that current threats to global linguistic diversity are not
restricted to the loss of spoken languages. Signed languages are vulnerable to familiar …

This article offers a brief overview of historical linguistics and explores the value of historical
sign linguistics. The specific focus of the article is on the question of the extent to which the …

One of the traditional areas of concern in educational foundations has been philosophy of
education, and within philosophy of education, a central focus has been epistemology …

This dissertation uses corpus data from ASL and Libras (Brazilian Sign Language), to
investigate the distribution of a series of static and dynamic handshapes across the two …

Hearing loss is a common disability that occurs in many people worldwide. Hearing loss can
be mild to complete deafness. Sign language is used to communicate with the deaf …