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...r tactile signs relate to language (either [[spoken language|spoken]] or [[sign language|signed]] language - sign languages can also be written using specially-desi

...1999/01/024A00/05740574.PDF Law 7/99]). Also, it's recognized [[Portuguese sign language]] (Portuguese Republic Constitution, 1997 revision, 74th Article, 2.h subse

* Emmorey K. (2002) ''Language, cognition, and the brain: insights from sign language research''. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ISBN 0805833986 (alk.

...there are several cases on record of [[deaf]] children being deprived of [[sign language]], this could also count as abuse. One case in which no abuse took place is

Even more striking, there are documented cases of [[sign language]]s being developed in communities of congenitally deaf people who could not

The concept of the phoneme is used in understanding [[sign language]]s as well.

...gn Language]] is used at international meetings where users of different [[sign language]]s meet;

...uage (general)|language]]''' means [[human]] [[spoken language|speech]], [[sign language]] and [[written language|writing]], as they have developed as means of [[co

...s units of [[sound]] in a [[spoken language]] or [[hand]] movements in a [[sign language]]<ref>Signs are distinguished from [[gestures]], such as waving at someone

* [[Gesture]] and [[sign language]].

::#When learners surpass their models: The acquisition of American Sign Language from inconsistent input. 2004.

[[English language|English]], [[Maori language|Maori]], and [[New Zealand Sign Language]] are the official languages.

...Exceptions for this feature are [[bee]]s which use dances or humans using sign language. ...e single characteristics (except for the vocal-auditory feature concerning sign language). Nonetheless all features proposed can also be found in animal language. T

*[[Sign Language]]

...ether by sound or sign, is widely viewed as underlying both. Research into sign language also benefits from the insights of linguists who are themselves native sign ...ich organises [[syllable]] structure, [[intonation]], [[tone]], and - in [[sign language]]s - [[hand]] movements. A phonologist divides an example of language into

...ay take many forms, including [[gesture]]s ([[nonverbal communication]], [[sign language]] and [[body language]]), [[writing]], or [[verbal]] [[speech|speaking]]. T * [[Sign language|Hand signals]]

...ive abilities of Chimpanzees. Washoe was able to teach some of her learned sign language to her adopted son Loulis. Chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to proces

...at compose human language. Common and bonobo chimps perform very well with sign language and with symbols, and can make “declarative and evaluative statements, us The chimp [[Washoe]] was able to learn over 100 signs of [[American Sign Language]] and communicate effectively with her human caretakers. She was able to re

...began to learn some language, and the Riglers arranged for her to learn [[sign language]]. She also learned to [[smile]]. If she could not express herself in langu

...ics]], the existence of syllables as organisers of [[speech]] sounds and [[sign language]] movements is typically used to explain observations about what is possibl