International Sign

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International Sign (IS)
International Sign Language (ISL)
International Sign Language
International Sign Pidgin
International Gesturey
speaker Contact language between deaf people using different sign languages
particularities Pidgin language , lingua franca
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

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ISO 639 -2

so-called

ISO 639-3

ils

International Sign ( IS ) is an international sign language .

Surname

The most common term today is International Sign . This term is used by the World Federation of the Deaf and other international organizations. Other terms, mainly used in professional circles, are informally also International Sign Language (ISL), International Sign Pidgin or International Gesture (IG).

use

International Sign is a pidgin language . It arose from the need of deaf people to be able to communicate at international meetings despite the numerous local sign languages .

Demarcation

Gestuno

International Sign is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Gestuno ; rather, Gestuno is to be distinguished from International Sign.

The suitcase word gestuno comes from the English gesture  " gesture " and the abbreviation of the United Nations , UNO. It was named after the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). The WFD created a planned language based on a vocabulary of different sign languages. Some of the individual signs had already been defined since 1924. It was first used at the WFD Congress in Bulgaria in 1976. This language was incomprehensible to the deaf people present. As a result, attendees and sign language interpreters informally developed their own pidgin language, now known as International Sign.

Eurosigns

International Sign is rarely used on intra-European occasions. Rather, through regular exchanges of deaf people within Europe, mainly on supranational occasions, a pidgin or creole language to be distinguished from International Sign was formed . Linguists refer to this language as Eurosigns . Eurosigns is primarily influenced by British Sign Language , the Langue des signes française and Scandinavian sign languages.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ McKee R., Napier J. (2002) "Interpreting in International Sign Pidgin: an analysis." Journal of Sign Language Linguistics 5 (1).
  2. ^ Bar-Tzur, David (2002). International gesture: Principles and gestures website
    Moody, W. (1987). International gesture. In JV Van Cleve (ed.), "Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness", Vol 3 SZ, Index. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc.
  3. Rosenstock, Rachel. International Sign: Negotiating Understanding , Research at Gallaudet, Fall 2005 - Winter 2006. This article was based on a PhD dissertation by the author:
    * Rosenstock, Rachel. (2004). An Investigation of International Sign: Analyzing Structure and Comprehension. Gallaudet University.