How do you say "thank you" in ASL? Check out thousands of words in the ASL dictionary online here.

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Speech language can convey sound effects, whereas sign language can convey cinematic vocabulary, such as angles, zooms, speed, cuts, slow motion, and such. How does one compose poetry in sign language? How do eyeing people perceive the world that is different from hearing people? explore culture >>

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How does one form parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb, adjective and such) in ASL grammar? How is a ASL word modified (inflected) in a sentence? How are words arranged spatially in ASL?

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Study finds that babies are not born with a blank slate of their brains when it comes to language. Sign language enables infants to speak (vis-manually) earlier than speech language in the early stage of physical development. Next generations may speak both vocally and manually -- a matter of choice.