A contact sign language, or contact sign, is a variety or style of language that arises from contact between deaf individuals using a sign language and...

Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact with and influence each other. The study of language contact is called...

Deaf-community language. Contact occurs between sign languages, between sign and spoken languages (contact sign, a kind of pidgin), and between sign languages and...

same sign language either. See Sign language § not speech based. Rather than being a form of MCE, contact sign is a blend of a local Deaf Sign Language...

children. Contact Sign – a pidgin or contact language between a spoken language and a sign language, e.g. Pidgin Sign English (PSE). Curwin Hand Signs – a technique...

act as a meaningful and important sign of confidence and respect. The customs, meaning, and significance of eye contact can vary greatly between societies...

Contact dermatitis is a type of acute or chronic inflammation of the skin caused by exposure to chemical or physical agents. Symptoms of contact dermatitis...

relationship between the cosine of the contact angle and the inverse line radius, it does not account for the correct sign of κ and overestimates its value...

exposure to other sign languages, she did not introduce such opportunities. She has, however, documented contact and influences with other sign languages that...

International Sign. Jeffrey E. Davis, a leading linguist in documentation efforts, hypothesizes that this contact, combined with potential contact with Martha's...