The wonders of British Sign Language

Activity: Talk or presentationPublic lecture

Description

You might have learnt a spoken language like French, Spanish or even Chinese. But what are sign languages like to learn?

An estimated 125,000 Deaf people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL) as their first or preferred language. An indigenous language of Britain, it only gained official recognition in 2003.

Join Richard Ogden of the University of York as he explores the features of sign language, including how hands, face and body are used to express complex ideas visually. From personal experience, he will also discuss the challenges of translating written English into BSL.

A BSL interpreter will be available at this event.
Period6 Jun 2019
Held atYork Festival of Ideas, United Kingdom

Keywords

  • BSL
  • sign language
  • linguistics
  • Deafness