Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and annotation. This is the subject of Manolis Fragkiadakis's Ph.D. thesis.
I’m one of the 2.5 million users of Slovene – and English and German speakers would do well to be curious about usA couple of years ago, I received an invitation from a German cultural institution to present my debut short story collection, which was translated into German that year. The terms and conditions were generous: we pay you (a lot, as far as I was concerned), we host you for as long as you wish (I decided on three nights), we will arrange a host who loves your book – and if you need...
Through petitions, we can reach those in power and demand justice for others. They are valuable tools for making positive changes in the world.
Through petitions, we can reach those in power and demand justice for others. They are valuable tools for making positive changes in the world.
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Good signs Good news for kids (and parents) who are deaf or hard of hearing: Starting this month, episodes of several PBS children’s programs, including Arthur and Daniel Tiger’s
These stunning, extremely relatable women, with nuanced facial expressions and sensible shoes, helped me outline success on my own termsI love watching television – ideally in bed with a bowl of salt and vinegar potato chips and a bottle of Coke, zoning out for hours.I’ve always been like this. In my teens and 20s I watched back-to-back-to-back Law & Order and Law & Order SVU episodes. I loved the comfort and reliability of the form: the drama of a murder, investigation, plot twist and...
The April Festival is an annual event at Xa Dan Middle School, where up to 60 percent of the students are hearing-impaired
When the fruit-flavoured sweet, which is being developed by scientists at Birmingham University, is sucked for just a few minutes, the proteins - released by mouth cancer cells - become 'stuck'
BATON ROUGE — Each year, "Love the Boot Week" comes back around as an effort to motivate the citizens of Louisiana to clean up trash around them. This effort is marked as Louisiana's largest cleanup and beautification initiative. Organizations from all over the state come together to clean up trash. One of these organizations is the Osprey Initiative, whose mission is to prevent heavy pollution in the Louisiana by collecting and recycling trash. Don Bates created this litter pickup...
UPDATE: President Biden has signed the bill into effect. The TikTok ban is part of an omnibus signage that provided $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. -----------WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely...
In an interview aired on US television he said that more weapons would help Ukraine to regain the initiative, especially with the delivery of long-range missiles. A soldier in the Ukrainian army told the BBC from the frontline that: “It is better now if we let them attack and we defend but when we get the shells, drones and whatever else from this package we can turn things around.” The aid package was approved overwhelmingly as Democrats and Republicans united to ensure that the deal sailed...
Project SIGND aims to collect signs for climate change terms to make the