Just how many languages are there in the world? The figures vary: According to the German Economic Institute, there are ...

Marlee Matlin has won an Oscar, and she’s appeared in countless films and television shows. Yet she, too, has faced a common Deaf dilemma: how to claim equitable access to information, when one lives ...

In my previous post, Universal Scenes of Experience and the Emergence of Grammar, I discussed the trajectory of the emergence of grammar. In this post, I continue this theme by asking: Why did ...

Discover the easiest languages for English speakers to learn—by region—including ASL, Latin, and global picks from Europe to Africa.

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...