The letters “D” and “G” are repeated twice, making the sign also look like a person snapping for a dog’s attention. Even the oldest signs in ASL are still relatively young, by language ...

Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

For Madisyn Grotjahn, ASL, or American Sign Language, is something that she has grown up with. Her mother worked with students who speak using ASL and through experiences with baby signs. As she got ...

At a performance at The University of Georgia’s Fine Arts Theatre, to the left side in front of the stage are four students translating dialogue into American Sign Language for an audience of ...

There are five interpreters in the Eau Claire Area School District, each helping students who are either deaf or hard of hearing in the classroom. However, through those resources, other students are ...

Learning ASL is different from learning orally spoken and written languages. We've vetted the best ASL sites to help you start signing today. I've been contributing to PCMag since 2011 in a ...

A new study shows that American Sign Language (ASL) is more linguistically complex than previously understood. In particular, new research documents the emergence of the copula --- a word meaning ...

Below are some examples of how ASL is different from spoken languages. 1. The origin of American Sign Language (ASL) began with the introduction of education for the Deaf in the United States around ...