Sign Language Linguistics - Science topic

There is not a kind of IPA for the sign languages like the phonetic table as we can see commonly for transcription. The parameters that could be used for the sign languages may include several facts like the mouth movements, the proximity to the body, the hand gestures, etc. It is an interesting project that can be addressed and developed in the future.

Ethnologue: 157 sign languages and counting... Glottolog 215 sign languages and counting... Usually, indigenous sign languages are considered isolates.

Thank you very much, Akhter Al Amin!

I was interested in language contact and how one language can influence another. For example, in the case of Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) we have many linguistic borrowings from the Portuguese language. Some signs are spelled using the sign alphabet and others use a hand configuration that refers to the initial letter of the Portuguese word. In addition, we can also observe a lot of influence on the Libras syntax. Now about the other question, could a sign language also influence an oral language, in a small community, perhaps influencing prosodic or even pragmatic aspects of the oral language?

Thank you very much for your help!

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maybe this link useful

Hand over hand and side by side so they can see the perspective!

I'm not sure exactly what kind of information you are looking for. However, I've taught ESL for deaf students at the English Language Institute at Gallaudet University. It may be useful for you to look at their website. http://www.gallaudet.edu/wlc/eli.html

Here are some videos of Q and A on Indo-Pakistani Sign Language: https://indiasigning.wordpress.com/tag/ipsl/

Ariane,

Thank you for the link!

Lisa

Hi Umar, 

I see this is an old thread, that I just stumbled across.  When you say someone cannot learn Italian, what prevents them from doing so?  In the U.S. American Sign Language is utilized with a number of people who have disabilities that may prevent them from expressing themselves fully in spoken English, but receptively can understand spoken language.

For example, Sign language (usually ASL signs used in a more English word order) is taught and utilized with people who have Down's Syndrome, some forms of Autism, Apraxia, Auditory Processing disorder, etc. ASL is not utilized to help them learn spoken English, but to enable them express themselves when they are verbally unable to use English. 

I would refer you to the work of Diane Lillo-Martin http://homepages.uconn.edu/~dcl02005/DLM/Publications.html

and her recent doctoral student Helen Koulidobrova, who is working specifically in this area.

Hope this is helpful!

Lillo-Martin, Diane C. 1991. Universal Grammar and American Sign Language: Setting the Null Argument Parameters. Dordrecht: Kluwer.