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	Excite Deutschland - Science - Social Sciences - Linguistics - Languages - Natural - Sign Languages - British Sign ...
		A virtual guide to British Sign Language for young deaf children, their families, teachers and carers.
		BSL stamps and cancelled postcards from the first day of issue.
		Dictionary of Christian BSL vocabulary seldom found in sign language manuals, or CD-ROMs.
	www.excite.de /directory/Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Sign_Languages/British_Sign_Language (533 words)

	British Sign Language
		BSL is now an officially recognised language and the fourth most used in the UK - It is also one of the most commonly used languages in Devon
		Below are links to media content in British Sign Lanuage or BSL.
		As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and accessibility we will be developing other areas of BSL content in the near future.
	www.devon.gov.uk /index/democracycommunities/customerservices/bsl.htm (164 words)

	Sign Community: About BSL
		British Sign Language (BSL) is the first or preferred language of around 250,000 Deaf people in the UK.
		BSL was recognised as an official British language by the UK government on 18 th March 2003, but it does not have any legal protection.
		The BDA wants BSL to be legalised, which will give BSL users the legal right to use it, bringing years of language discrimination to an end.
	www.signcommunity.org.uk /language/aboutbsl.php (194 words)

	Charges Of Discrimation As Sign Language Goes PC
		Another dropped sign is that for "Indian", which is a finger pointing to an imaginary spot in the middle of a forehead.
		Other signs that have been accused of being politically incorrect - such as the sign for German, which is a fist held to the forehead with a finger pointing straight up, mimicking the shape of a Prussian spiked helmet - are widely used.
		Specialists in sign language have also pointed out that in China, the sign for a Westerner is a hand depicting a round eye, which has not sparked any criticism from deaf people in Britain.
	www.rense.com /general50/chre.htm (901 words)

	British Sign Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Sign Language (BSL) is the sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK), and is the first or preferred language of an unknown number of deaf people in the UK (published estimates vary from 30,000 to 250,000 but the actual number is likely to be closer to the former than the latter figure).
		The sign languages used in Australia and New Zealand, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language, respectively, evolved largely from 19th Century BSL, and all retain the same manual alphabet, grammar, and similar lexicon.
		BSL was recognised as an official British language by the UK government on 18 March 2003, but it has no legal protection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Sign_Language (1011 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5 Apr 2000 (pt 45)
		However, I want to focus on British sign language and its use, the provision of interpreters and the right of those for whom it is the first language to have it recognised in a practical, effective and useful manner.
		Sign language is a genuine language, but not an international language, which has also been suggested.
		The British Deaf Association is conducting a campaign for formal recognition of sign language, and suggests achieving that recognition by means of the European charter on minority languages.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000405/debtext/00405-45.htm (2373 words)

	British Sign Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		British sign language (BSL) is the sign language used in the United Kingdom.
		BSL is the first or preferred of nearly 70 000 deaf or hearing-impaired people in the UK.
		The systems for sign language used in Australia and New Zealand Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language were largely on BSL.
	www.freeglossary.com /British_Sign_Language (201 words)

	British Sign Language, (BSL) Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BSL Signs to indicate Colours, Graphic size is 18 KB.
		BSL Signs to indicate Health and Safety signs, Graphic size is 29 KB.
		BSL Signs that are very useful to be aware of, Graphic size is 44 KB.
	www.deafblind.com /signs.html (216 words)

	BSL (British Sign Language)
		British Sign Language (BSL) is the first or preferred language of nearly 70,000 D/deaf people in the United Kingdom.
		BSL gained recognition as a language in its own right on Tuesday 18 March 2003.
		As with spoken languages, these vary from country to country and even from parts of a country.
	www.queens-theatre.co.uk /access/bsldescription.htm (155 words)

	BBC - See Hear - Information - Introduction to BSL
		British Sign Language is the preferred language of over 70,000 Deaf people, for whom English may be a second or third language, although over 100,000 hearing people who have a proficiency in the language also use it.
		British Sign Language is a visual/spatial language, which is governed by its own grammatical rules using hand shapes, hand movements and facial expressions to convey meaning.
		Sign Communique is worth a visit if you're looking for CD-ROMs and videos as part of education and training in BSL.
	www.bbc.co.uk /seehear/info/bsl.shtml (259 words)

	British Sign Language
		In all signed languages used by deaf people signs are executed in 'sign space' in front of the body.
		Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we explored the extent to which increasing the topographic processing demands of signed sentences was reflected in the differential recruitment of brain regions in deaf and hearing native signers of British Sign Language (BSL).
		When BSL signers performed a sentence-anomaly judgement task the occipito-temporal junction was activated bilaterally to a greater extent for topographic than non-topographic processing.
	www.ich.ucl.ac.uk /ich/html/academicunits/behav_brain_sci/bsl/index.html (829 words)

	under5s - Sign Language and Makaton
		is a very simple language based on a list of simple everyday words, which uses speech, gesture, facial expression, eye contact, body language, signs, symbols and words to aid communication.
		B.S.L. is often the language of the deaf community - it is a language in its own right, and does not need to be spoken.
		It is important to remember with British Sign Language that there are regional dialects, and signs can vary in different parts of the country and that other Sign Languages are a different language.
	www.underfives.co.uk /signs.htm (884 words)

	UK Council on Deafness \| Official Recognition of British Sign Language
		The importance of sign language as the medium of communication among the deaf...should be recognised and provision made to ensure that all deaf persons have access to education in their national sign language.
		British Sign Language is not used within a given part or territory of the UK, but it is used by a number of deaf people throughout the UK, regardless of where they live.
		A non territorial language as defined in the Charter is one which is "used by nationals of the State which differs from the language or languages used by the rest of the State's population but which, although traditionally used within the territory of the State, cannot be identified with a particular area thereof".
	www.deafcouncil.org.uk /drcsub.htm (9185 words)

	British Sign Language Details, Meaning British Sign Language Article and Explanation Guide
		British sign language (BSL) is the sign language used in the United Kingdom.
		BSL is the first or preferred language of nearly 70,000 deaf or hearing-impaired people in the UK.
		The systems for sign language used in Australia and New Zealand, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language, were based largely on 19th Century BSL, and all retain the same manual alphabet, grammar and similar lexicon.
	www.e-paranoids.com /b/br/british_sign_language.html (308 words)

	British Sign Language - What is it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Of the five languages, only the first four are recognised by the U.K. Government, despite BSL being recognised by the European Parliament as a minority language.
		Imagine a Maori and a German, you will have language, communication and comprehension problems, but if you were to put a deaf Maori and a deaf German together, they will somehow muddle through the language barrier, teaching each other the signs they use in their own countries, before they finally understand each other.
		All sign language courses are administered, assessed (for quality control) and monitored by CACDP, the Council For The Advancement Of Communication With Deaf People, based at the University of Durham in Durham, County Durham, England.
	www.scanboy.demon.co.uk /uni/bsl.htm (1185 words)

	Learn to Sign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		British Sign Language (BSL) is the first or preferred language of around 250,000 Deaf people in the UK.
		BSL was recognised as an official British language by the UK government on 18th March 2003, but it does not have any legal protection.
		The BDA wants BSL to be legalised, which will give BSL users the legal right to use it, bringing years of language discrimination to an end.
	www.learntosign.org.uk /aboutbsl.htm (184 words)

	British Sign Language
		British Sign Language (BSL) Total signers: 40,000 first-language signers; out of a deaf population of 909,000, most having varrying degrees of understanding.
		BRITISH Sign Language was formally recognised as a tongue in its own right by the Government yesterday...SignWriting: Read, write, type all Sign Languages of the Deaf.
		British Sign Language [offsite link]...Having fun poking around Ebay for the more unusual deaf items...today`s finds: An 1904 plate from Britain featuring two cats playing jump rope while surrounded by the British sign language alphabet.
	www.toppicks.co.uk /pages/31.php (496 words)

	British Sign Language \| Royal Association for Deaf People
		BSL is the preferred language of about 50,000 people in the UK.
		BSL has its own grammar and instead of using sounds to make words in a string, it uses handshapes that move in a defined space, facial expression and body language.
		The gradual unfolding and explaining of the fascinating complexities of the language has brought about a change in attitude to BSL, and to the Deaf Community to which it belongs.
	www.royaldeaf.org.uk /page.php?id=100177 (413 words)

	Cintra - our services - British Sign Language
		British Sign Language (BSL) is the first or preferred language of nearly 70,000 deaf people in the United Kingdom.
		People who have taken sign language courses, or have Deaf friends or family members are no substitute for a professional interpreter who has skills, training and experience to interpret well in the preferred community style.
		Hands On signing, which means the deaf person will place their hands over the hands of the Interpreter, in order to feel the movement of the signing.
	www.colc.co.uk /cambridge/cintra/bsl.htm (295 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:ASE
		Tactile Sign Language is used by over 900 persons in Louisiana who know ASL, but have lost their sight from a generic cause: Usher's Syndrome.
		Sign language interpreters provided in court, for college students, at important public events, in job training, at social services programs, in mental health service programs, some instruction for parents of deaf children, many sign language classes for hearing people.
		Sign language interpreters are required for deaf people in court.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=ASE (429 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Dictionary of British Sign Language: Books: David Brien,Mary Brennan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sign Language for Everyone: A Basic Course in Communication with the Deaf by Cathy Rice
		The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction by Rachel Sutton-Spence
		The 57 handshapes are clearly demonstrated, the notation of the signs is explained in detail, and the reader is shown how to look up signs seen but previously not understood.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Dictionary-British-Language-David-Brien/dp/0571143466 (665 words)

	BSL / British Sign Language finger spelling alphabet tutorial.
		Most BSL finger signs are based on the shape of the letter, but the exceptions are A, E, I, O and U as the vowels are done by pointing to the tips of the five fingers of the left hand.
		This BSL sign is one of the only two that include movement.
		This BSL sign is the other one that includes movement.
	www.aspexdesign.co.uk /bsl.htm (1089 words)

	LINGUIST List 10.1225: British Sign Language
		Susan Cronin, The Lingusitics of British Sign Language
		The Linguistics of British Sign Language An Introduction Rachel Sutton-Spence, University of Bristol Bencie Woll, City University, London This is the first textbook dealing specifically with British sign linguistics.
		Extended use of language in BSL; Table of illustrations; Index; Index of signs; Bibliogaphy.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/10/10-1225.html (200 words)

	Sign Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although not a script in the strict sense the sign language of the deaf has an alphabet of its own.
		The British stamp shows the finger spelling alphabet of British Sign Language.
		In ASL (American Sign Language) or BSL (British Sign Language) each sign may convey a whole word or even several words.
	www.danstopicals.com /sign.htm (106 words)

	The Linguistics of British Sign Language
		This is the first detailed explanation of the way British Sign Language works and is the product of many year’s experience of research and teaching of sign linguistics.
		It assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics or sign language, and it is not structured around traditional headings such as phonology, morphology and syntax.
		There are sections on BSL - and also on the use of BSL, including variation, social acceptability, in signing, and poetry and humour in BSL.
	www.deafbooks.com /linguistics-british-sign-language.htm (227 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:SFS
		The North British sign system was used for the deaf in white English speaking families.
		There are 9 sign language systems, 60% related to British or Australian sign languages, few to American Sign Language.
		Sign language is understood to some degree by most deaf people.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=SFS (150 words)

	Learn sign language in the Skye & Lochalsh area
		This course is for people who wish to obtain proficiency and competence in British Sign Language skills.
		Articulate (pronounce) the language clearly enough so that a sympathetic native user of the language would understand their questions and contributions.
		You will gain confidence and practical ability to communicate effectively with deaf people, and would be suitable for people with an interest in work with deaf people in the near future or to improve their communication skills with family, friends and work colleagues.
	www.learningcentres.org /courses/british-sign-language.html (503 words)

	British Sign Language : Prestige Network : BSL
		British Sign Language is one of the languages we provide translations to and from, enabling the verbally disadvantaged to express themselves more fluently, getting the most out of business deals, conferences, family events, shows and performances, trade-related events, and anywhere else a communications barrier is encountered.
		British Sign Language is the same, with its own vocabulary, grammar, expressions, emotions, etc. Prestige Network understands the complexities of this developed and extensive communications means, and offers a perfect succinct translation service across-the-board, allowing those with disabilities to communicate freely.
		With over one hundred and fifty different languages translated to and from, and a range of different individuals to do so, we can be totally sure you will never be dissatisfied with our fluent additions to your project.
	www.prestigenetwork.co.uk /british-sign-language.htm (543 words)

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