Sentences with phrase «structure of sign language»

While there are well - established methods to measure rhythms in speech, there are no automatic, objective equivalents for the temporal structure of sign language.
«Part of our mandate, through the support of the NSF, is to reveal the complex structure of sign language, and in so doing, disabuse the public of this notion.»
Currently there is a debate as to what role sign language has played in language evolution, and whether the structure of sign language share similarities with spoken language.

Not exact matches

«Individuals who were born deaf and who are isolated from both speech and sign language in early childhood grow up blind to the structure of languages
There is Israeli Sign Language (ISL), the language of the deaf in that country, whose structure the two Israeli scholars have devoted years to analyzing.
He adds that since these learners communicate through Sign Language, they struggle partly because of the difference between the structure and grammar of Afrikaans / English and Sign Language, the absence of a mathematics vocabulary in Sign Language, and their limited language skills.
There are different forms of signed language, two of which are ASL and signed English, which follows the English language structure and word order using hands.
There is Israeli Sign Language, the language of the deaf in that country, whose structure the two Israeli scholars have devoted years to analyzing.
NEH funds are supporting 253 humanities projects across the United States, among them, «a video - based web platform allowing scholars to publish papers in sign language, and a new tool that uses digital analysis of architectural floor plans to show how Frank Lloyd Wright's structures changed over time,... and a local community digitization projects will preserve historic materials held by the congregations of African - American churches in Georgia»
Karlis Rekevics explores the psychological impact of the urban landscape through the language of «marginal» structures such as roadwork barriers, signs and billboards, light posts, and traffic lights.
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