This website was inspired by a visit to Brazil in May 2006. That was  when we realized that access to instructional materials on sign linguistics played a crucial role in attracting Deaf signers to the field of sign linguistics. Since there are currently very few Deaf researchers in this field worldwide, it is hoped that through this website, more Deaf students will become motivated to study the linguistic structure of their native sign languages and become active researchers.

The team behind signlinguistics.com consists of the following, in alphabetical order:

Patricia Lessard

ASL/English Interpreter, Curriculum Developer

Adjunct Instructor, Ohlone College and Santa Rosa Junior College (USA)

Gaurav Mathur

Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics

Gallaudet University (USA)

Brenda Nicodemus

Research Scientist, Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience

San Diego State University (USA)

Christian Rathmann

Professor, Sign Linguistics and Sign Interpretation

University of Hamburg (Germany)

Dan Veltri

ASL/English Interpreter, Video Producer

Treehouse Video LLC (USA)

Presenters: Robert Adam, Lorna Allsop, Eric Lawrin and Christian Rathmann Special Thanks to: Department of Linguistics, University of Sao Paulo Students from the pre-TISLR 9 conference course on linguistics of signed languages Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol University Treehouse Video LLC Anonymous Donor