Project MUSE®: Sign Language Studies - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Sign Language Studies.daily12026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 1 (1972)-vol. 93 (1996); Vol. 1 (2000/01) through current issueLatest Articles: Sign Language StudiesTWOProject MUSE®Sign Language Studies1533-62630302-1475Latest articles in Sign Language Studies. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Introduction to the Special Issue, Part 2
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981198
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We are excited to present the second part of the bipartite special issue on sign language typology for Sign Language Studies. In this second part of the special issue, we present four articles by Sagara et al., Coppola et al., Ross and Seman, and Rathmann et al. Similar to the first part of the special issue, this issue stems from our workshop, “Linguistic Typology and Diversity: Theory, Methods, and Ethics in Sign Language Typology,” at the 14th International Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT 14) at The University of Texas at Austin on December 17, 2022. We decided to organize the workshop, because we have been observing interesting changes and directions in the field of sign language (SL)
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallIntroduction to the Special Issue, Part 22026-01-29text/htmlen-USIntroduction to the Special Issue, Part 22026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®138482026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29Grammaticalization and Contact-Induced Semantic Change in JSL, SKSL, and TSL
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981199
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Semantic change is “probably the least documented type of linguistic change with respect to sign languages” (Fischer, 2015, p. 457), and perhaps understandably so, given that sign languages (henceforth SLs) exhibit highly complex form-meaning relations, and that their historic documentation is notoriously patchy (Pfau & Steinbach, 2006). In this article, we focus on three SLs, Japanese SL (JSL), South Korean SL (SKSL) and Taiwan SL (TSL), for which significant insights on semantic change are available due to the complex historic relationships between the languages. JSL was introduced to South Korea and Taiwan primarily through the education system established during the Japanese colonization of Taiwan (1895–1945)
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallGrammaticalization and Contact-Induced Semantic Change in JSL, SKSL, and TSL2026-01-29text/htmlen-USGrammaticalization and Contact-Induced Semantic Change in JSL, SKSL, and TSL2026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®2327102026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29Convergence and Emergence: How Nicaraguan Signing Has Been Shaped by Transmission, Acquisition, and Interaction
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981200
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When we consider the varieties of sign languages in the world, we find striking commonalities at every level, from phonological forms, to the orders of elements within phrases and sentences, to systems of pronominal reference and verb agreement. Languages can share structural characteristics, such as markers for negation (Quer, 2012, Zeshan, 2006) or how questions are formed (Zeshan, 2004). Sometimes traits shared between languages point to a common origin or a history of cultural contact. For example, Abner and colleagues (2024) uncovered phonological similarities across 19 modern-day sign languages, providing a historical reconstruction of two families. Other research has identified common characteristics in
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallConvergence and Emergence: How Nicaraguan Signing Has Been Shaped by Transmission, Acquisition, and Interaction2026-01-29text/htmlen-USConvergence and Emergence: How Nicaraguan Signing Has Been Shaped by Transmission, Acquisition, and Interaction2026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®1537272026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29A Typological Perspective on Serial Verb Constructions in Sign Languages
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981201
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Sign language research is growing in popularity and scope today, although it is still a relatively insulated and specialized subfield. This is partly due to the history of marginalization of sign languages both sociolinguistically in general and within linguistics as an academic field. For this reason, a primary goal of specialists in this area has been to promote the widespread recognition of sign languages as full, legitimate and normal human languages (following Stokoe, 1960). This pursuit has been largely successful, providing an important opportunity to study questions specific to the signed modality (Armstrong, 1988; Capirci & Bonsignori, 2022), but as a result research on sign languages has expanded toward
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallA Typological Perspective on Serial Verb Constructions in Sign Languages2026-01-29text/htmlen-USA Typological Perspective on Serial Verb Constructions in Sign Languages2026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®4487092026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29Exploring Ethical Discussion in Sign Language Research
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981202
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Linguists should not always take for granted that their work is by definition beneficial for the communities of signers and should try to explain in a clear fashion what the possible benefit can be of linguistic research on the target sign language.The field of research in sign languages has undergone substantial development from the 1960s to the present. In contrast to spoken language research, the data collected for linguistic analysis in the visual-gestural modality has the potential to reveal the identities of users. This practice raises ethical concerns, particularly within the context of many countries, including those in Europe and Brazil, according to the ethical principles currently governing research. For
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallExploring Ethical Discussion in Sign Language Research2026-01-29text/htmlen-USExploring Ethical Discussion in Sign Language Research2026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®1660432026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29Research, 2024–2025
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/981203
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Abbott, A. (2025). Grammatical Development of Hearing Learners of ASL (Order No. 31847917). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3236337277). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/grammatical-development-hearing-learners-asl/docview/3236337277/se-2Abdou, W. (2025). Subtitling Musical Documentaries for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Order No. 31994553). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3215951590). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/subtitling-musical-documentaries-deaf-hard/docview/3215951590/se-2.Acevedo Ross, A. M. (2025). ESCUCHA SUS MANOS Guía para consejeros profesionales: Competencia y abordaje adecuado para la comunicación con personas
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/184/image/coversmallResearch, 2024–20252026-01-29text/htmlen-USResearch, 2024–20252026-01-292026TWOProject MUSE®446882026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002026-01-29