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The Study of Natural Sign Language in Eighteenth-Century France

2002; Gallaudet University Press; Volume: 2; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/sls.2002.0017

1533-6263

Renate Fischer,

Historical Linguistics and Language Studies

In 1779 the French Deaf author Pierre Desloges published a book on sign language and deaf education. This publication, together with additional contemporary sources, provides insights into an early phase of sign language use in eighteenth-century Paris as well as into the history of ideas on signs.