Languages are quick to develop conventions about word order. You have full access to this article via your institution. New languages can develop consistent rules of grammar within a single generation ...

Sign languages can help reveal hidden aspects of the logical structure of spoken language, but they also highlight its limitations because speech lacks the rich iconic resources that sign language ...

The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf Community and Deaf culture, ...

In the quest for language universals, one of the properties that linguists generally take to be universal is that a substantial portion of the lexical items are produced sequentially by speakers; i.e.

New languages can develop consistent rules of grammar within a single generation of their birth, a study of an Israeli sign language has shown. “We didn't expect to see word order so quickly.” Carol ...