Sign Language Blog

August 7, 2007 on 5:00 am | In Sign Language |

Orangutans Play Charades When Misunderstood
Scientific American - Researchers have reportedly taught sign language to chimpanzees and other apes in the past. But the charadeslike pattern observed in controlled tests of orangutans trying to communicate with humans may better reflect the style of communication

MIDWEST EVENTS
Chicago Tribune - Storytellers, sign language interpreters, music in Horse Fair Park ($15 adults, $12 for 11 and under and seniors). 630-877-0931 (57 miles) INDIANA Schweizer Fest, Tell City, Aug. 8-11. Road race, golf and tennis tournaments, flea market, carnival, beer

The fate of black cats
Herald Tribune - He went home with a deaf couple and knows a little sign language, but is not totally deaf so understands his obedience commands. He loves to run and chase balls but also loves a good belly rub. He is housebroken and all those other things people look

We never talk anymore
International Herald Tribune - Koko has a sign language vocabulary of at least 1,000 words. She can recognize about 2,000 spoken words. In a new book called “The First Word,” Christine Kenneally catalogs the complex debate over language and includes one particularly revealing

Make My Day
American Reporter - So anyone who communicates through sign language is automatically excluded. The same is true if you can only use written communication, semaphors, or a series of grunts, clicks, and whistles. It also “may be deemed pejorative” by people who can’t

Lolla ‘07: Random observations
MetroMix - But for a brief while, nobody was working harder than the sign language interpreter for The Roots, whose skills were tested in grand fashion when he had to keep pace with the frenetic lyrics of “Here I Come.” 93.1 WXRT doesn’t want to see you wet