Sign Language

The words chirp, beep, rattle, zip, buzz and a large number of such words in speech language are examples of onomatopoeia, which means a word that imitates something. What is the visual version of onomatopoeia in sign language? See Onomatopoeia.

Do the developmental stages of language similar or different between speech language and sign language? See Ontogeny of Language.

Glossary

Onomatopoeia

term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound or visual it imitates.

Ontogeny

the origin and the development of an organism from the creation to its mature form.

Syntax

the study of sentence structure in a language.

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