How to talk about love in three sign languages
Learn how to sign about love and romance in Dutch Sign Language (Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGt), German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebärdensprache or DGS), and American Sign Language. … Read more
story: reading the signs
Reading the Signs
Reading the Signs The only thing Theo De Jong expects from his summer linguistics academy is more inspiration for his master’s thesis. Then he meets the American sign language expert Alfonso Grossman, and sparks fly. Learn some of the signs used in this story. Reading the Signs is also part of the collection Falling Hard. … Read more
Rainbow Snippets: Why is it that people avoid the people they’re crushing on?
Here’s another snippet from Reading the Signs, a romance starring Theo, a Dutch master’s degree student in sign language linguistics. Theo’s been avoiding the object of his affection, but then one day … … Read more
Rainbow Snippets: Dutch culture shock in New Mexico
Here’s another snippet from Reading the Signs, a romance starring Theo, a Dutch master’s degree student in sign language linguistics. Here, we learn about his feelings of displacement while studying in New Mexico, which is so different from home. … Read more
Romance comes in all languages—including sign languages
Here’s a snippet from Reading the Signs, a romance between Theo, a Dutch master’s degree student, and Alfonso, an older American professor of linguistics. … Read more