Research over the past four decades has built a convincing case that co‐speech hand
gestures play a powerful role in human cognition. However, this recent focus on the …

This article contains a literature review of evidence of large prosodic domains that
correspond to syntactic units such as a clause or a sentence. In particular, different phonetic …

There are numerous popular misconceptions about sign languages. One of these
misconceptions has it that sign languages are “languages on the hands”, that is, that sign …

Research interest in sign L21 sign acquisition is growing, fueled by dramatic increases in
sign language learning (Welles, 2004). Researchers ask to what extent typical L2 patterns …

In this paper, we present a comparative study of mouth actions in three European sign
languages: British Sign Language (BSL), Nederlandse Gebarentaal (Sign Language of the …

Prosodic structure in sign languages is encoded by articulations of the hands, face, and
body. Despite the different physical system, there are many similarities to prosody of spoken …

. Introduction. How do children learn a sign language?. e path of sign language
development.. e pre-linguistic stage.. e one-and two-word stages.. e differentiation stage …

Information Structure in Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands Page 1
Sign Language & Linguistics 18:1 (2015), 142–150. doi 10.1075/sll.18.1.06kim issn 1387–9316 …

Spoken languages are characterized by flexible, multivariate prosodic systems. As a natural
language, American Sign Language (ASL), and other sign languages (SLs), are also …

Cross-linguistic studies on question formation suggest that yes/no-questions and wh-
questions have different syntax even though they may appear to share certain …