Sign Languages

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• Which statement about sign languages is most accurate?
• What is a major difference between American Sign Language (ASL) and Signed English?
• Which feature can change the meaning of a sign in many sign languages?
• Why are sign languages not generally considered universal?
• The sign language used by many Deaf communities in the United States and much of English-speaking Canada is [____].
• A system that represents spoken English with signs while generally preserving English word order is often called [____].
• In sign linguistics, the study of movements and positions of the hands is closely related to the sign's [____].
• A sign made with both hands moving in the same way may use a grammatical [____] to show emphasis or contrast.