Background Broadly, verb forms in many established sign languages divide between those
that move in space in front of the signer's body (agreement and spatial verbs) and those that …

Bahasa isyarat Indonesia atau biasa disingkat Bisindo merupakan bahasa isyarat yang
digunakan oleh orang-orang tuli di Indonesia untuk berkomunikasi. Selain itu, bahasa …

This article summarizes early approaches to sociolinguistic research and the factors that
condition variation in sign languages. The article then examines the methodological issues …

It is a common observation that grammatical morphemes often develop gradually from
lexical morphemes. 1 Some languages show this fact more transparently than others. For …

The use of a lesser-used or minority language in new media is typically a stimulus for genre
development and stylistic variation. This study considers online video texts in New Zealand …

This chapter presents an account of variation in Spanish Sign Language (Lengua de Signos
Española, LSE), through a study of signs for colours and numerals. In the section on colour …

This MA study is the first of its kind since it brings together and analyses the types of
variations found within the British Sign Language (BSL) cardinal number system. The study …

Quantitative sociolinguistics has been part of the language research landscape since the
early 1960s, beginning with the work of William Labov in New York and Martha's Vineyard …

This research investigates lexical variation in British Sign Language (BSL) in Leeds, and the
extent to which variation in signs for the numbers one to twenty correlate to signer age …

Abstract Sociolinguistic variation in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) fingerspelling to
date has been primarily descriptive; research around the world in this area is also relatively …