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homesigner

homesigner noun: a deaf person who has not properly acquired a signed or spoken language, due to lack of instruction and isolation from an established signing community, who instead uses a self-generated gesture system called a home sign.

Noun

homesigner (plural homesigners)

  1. A deaf person who has not properly acquired a signed or spoken language, due to lack of instruction and isolation from an established signing community, who instead uses a self-generated gesture system called a home sign.
    • Because Julio is a child homesigner, we have the unique opportunity to track the changes in his homesign system as it acquires more linguistic structure, from its roots in the non-linguistic gestures produced by the hearing individuals around him.

Forms of homesigner

pluralhomesigners

Origin of homesigner

From home sign + -er.

Questions about homesigner

What does homesigner mean?
Homesigner means a deaf person who has not properly acquired a signed or spoken language, due to lack of instruction and isolation from an established signing community, who instead uses a self-generated gesture system called a home sign.
What part of speech is homesigner?
Homesigner is a noun.
What is the plural of homesigner?
The plural of homesigner is homesigners.

Words near homesigner in the dictionary

  1. homesick
  2. homesickly
  3. homesickness
  4. homesicknesses
  5. homesign
  6. homesigner
  7. homesigners
  8. homesigns
  9. homesit
  10. homesite
  11. homesites

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