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American Sign Language

noun

  1. a visual-gesture language, having its own semantic and syntactic structure, used by deaf people in the U.S. and English-speaking parts of Canada. : ASL


American sign language

noun

  1. See Ameslan
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Origin of American Sign Language1

First recorded in 1960–65
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He later said he did not understand what was happening, or even that he was being pulled over — Mistic is deaf and communicates primarily through American Sign Language.

Raci was raised in Chicago by deaf parents, and is well versed in American Sign Language, a skill that makes him suited to this role.

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The person was not being taught American Sign Language, nor did the person have access to an interpreter.

While “Uprising” is bookended with some verbal dialogue, the vast majority of the episode is enacted in American Sign Language.

Left unmentioned is why Callis was so expressive: the beauty of American Sign Language.

“Most Americans do not realize that American Sign Language is the third most common language in the United States,” she said.

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