The International Day of Signed Languages is upon us.

If we could look at all the signed languages in the world, what would they have in common? What misconceptions do hearing people have? And what is International Sign?

It’s all on this episode of Talk the Talk.

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Promo with Jeff Buller, 2018-09-18: Signed Languages

Full interview

Interview with Ulrike Zeshan (complete)

Signed languages aren’t all the same, but what similarities do they have? What challenges do minority signed languages face, and — hold up, there’s an International Sign‽ It’s too amazing for (spoken) words.

The International Day of Signed Languages is upon us, and Daniel is talking with Professor Ulrike Zeshan of the University of Central Lancashire. She’s the Director of UCLan’s International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS).

Thanks to Professor Zeshan, and to the Association for Linguistic Typology for making this interview possible.

Also at https://www.patreon.com/posts/21442863

Video: Interview with Ulrike Zeshan; Christy Filipich, interpreter

Also at https://youtu.be/GNQBuzvVTME

Cutting Room Floor

Cutting Room Floor 338: Sign (with Christy Filipich)

Ben and Daniel cover the “Sarah and Duck” theme song. We learn the real meaning behind (Friends) Monica and Ross’s hand signal. And how do you pronounce calliope?

A serious discussion with Auslan interpreter Christy: How do interpreters decide what language to use during international conferences? And how do Deaf people feel about integration in hearing schools?

Also at https://www.patreon.com/posts/21510646

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Show notes

Scientists find how bilingual speakers switch between two languages
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774d3249544d7a457a6333566d54/share_p.html

How Bilingual Brains Switch Between Languages
https://www.futurity.org/languages-bilingualism-1861262/

Themengi: a game by vgel 
https://vgel.itch.io/themengi

Prof. Ulrike Zeshan, OBE
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_ulrike_zeshan.php

Bokeh: Apple introduces the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/12/apple-introduces-the-iphone-xs/

Zina Bash moved her hand — and the #Resistance saw a white power symbol. Then she did it again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/09/04/that-was-no-white-power-hand-signal-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing-zina-bashs-husband-says/

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