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Sign Language Geography
Abstract
There are multiple difficulties in knowing how many sign languages exist and in determining which are genetically related. This chapter compares the situation in North America with that of the Middle East. By looking at the rare remarks about sign languages from a hundred years ago and more, and the growth and dissemination of new sign languages (such as Nicaraguan Sign and Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language), we begin to understand how sign languages interact and to what extent the notion “genetically related” is useful in discussing the relationships between them. Comparisons allow us to see how the pattern of sign language distribution is deeply linked to political, cultural and social factors that influence how signers have contact with one another.
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“Notably, ASL users tend to cluster in areas with large Deaf communities or significant educational resources for DHH individuals, such as Washington, D.C., Rochester, New York, and Fremont, California [110, 118].”
From ASL Educators' Perspectives on AI for Enhancing Student Learning in American Sign Language Education (2026) · cites this paper as [118]
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ASL Educators' Perspectives on AI for Enhancing Student Learning in American Sign Language Education
Hassan, S., Nourian, L., de Lacerda Pataca, C., M Olson, M., D'aurio, T., Agarwal, K., Asad, S. M. N., Tigwell, G. W., & Huenerfauth, M. (2026) · Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · doi:10.1145/3772318.3791928 · Cited by 1
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- Authors
- Padden, C. A.
- Corresponding author
- Padden, Carol A.
- ORCID
- Padden, Carol A.
- Venue
- Deaf around the World
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-11-10
- Pages
- 19-37
- OpenAlex
- W2501399723
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
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- 4.67
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
- Keywords
- sign language, sign language contact, Nicaraguan Sign Language, North America, Middle East, history of sign language research
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