SIGNLANGUAGE

Sign language

A sign language is a language which uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning, as opposed to acoustically conveyed sound patterns. This can involve simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts. They share many similarities with spoken languages, which is why linguists consider both to be natural languages, but there are also some significant differences between signed and spoken languages.

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sign language

Noun

  1. One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, where the words and phrases consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions.
  2. The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one.
  3. Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively.
  4. Communication through gestures used when speech is impossible, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or people speaking different languages.


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