American Sign Language morphology examines how signs are created and modified to convey meaning, much like word formation in spoken languages. Using free and bound morphemes along with processes such ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Ronnie Wilbur, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Linguistics in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Liberal Arts, has been named a fellow of the Linguistic ...

Two years after the program’s inception, this semester marks the first time that students have been able to fulfill the University’s language requirement using the American Sign Language (ASL) ...

I am writing to offer a unique perspective on the issue of American Sign Language not counting for College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language requirement, rightfully raised by Rowan Armor’s letter ...

In any community, language is the most important method for communicating with others. However, for a deaf person like me, it is difficult to connect with many people and speak in the same ways. This ...

Joseph Hill, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, believes he is the only black, deaf, Ph.D. linguist in America, and maybe in the world. “Just me,” he told an ...

I write in response to recent articles about the acceptance of American Sign Language (ASL) for foreign-language requirements. As the faculty member who submitted proposals to the College of Arts and ...

Languages occur because people have the need to communicate, but rarely does the opportunity arise to document the development of a young language. Israeli Sign Language (ISL) began in the 1930s and ...

Welcome to the American Sign Language (ASL) program! We are a vibrant, multicultural, diverse community of faculty and students committed to foreign language learning and cultural experience. Sign ...