International Sign (IS) is widely used among deaf people and interpreters at international events, but what exactly is it, what are its linguistic features, whe
Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely,
The International Review of Sign Linguistics -- which replaces the International Journal of Sign Linguistics -- is planned as an annual series publishing the mo
The discovery of the importance of sign language in the deaf community is very recent indeed. This book provides a study of the communication and culture of dea