Perspectives: On the Historicalness of Sign Languages
This paper aims to provide a reflection on an assumption sometimes present in linguistic research: the supposed youth of sign languages (SLs). In this research (the importance of which we do not question), SLs are considered to date back to the mid-eighteenth century, or even the mid-twentieth centu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Communication |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.801862/full |