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An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs are organized in the mind

  • Written by Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Scientist, San Diego State University
imageRhyming means something different in ASL than it does in spoken languageZed Sevcikova Sehyr, CC BY-ND

“Desire” and “still” don’t rhyme in English, but they do rhyme in American Sign Language. Just as poets can evoke emotions and meaning by choosing words that echo one another in English, actress and Tony nominee Lauren...

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