Assertion: sign language | /r/ObjectUse | used by deaf people
Facets:
value: in each member state
type: LOCATION
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: culturally
type: MANNER
value: in the last 200 years
type: TEMPORAL
value: in order to communicate
type: PURPOSE
value: of hearing
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Baby sign language and primate sign language deserve their own entries separate of sign language as used by humans, chiefly by Deaf people.
text: Although signing is used primarily by the deaf and hard of hearing, it is also used by hearing individuals, such as those unable to physically speak, those who have trouble with spoken language due to a disability or condition (augmentative and alternative communication), or those with deaf family members, such as children of deaf adults.
text: If a history or account of the changing nature of sign were needed, it can be much attributed to the remarkable changes in (hearing) attitudes to the sign language used by the deaf in the last 200 years.
text: As to their use in deaf communities, the 2008 version of the 15th edition of Ethnologue reports that "several such sign languages are also used by deaf persons.
text: Most sign languages are natural languages, different in construction from oral languages used in proximity to them, and are employed mainly by deaf people in order to communicate.
text: These are used by deaf and blind individuals.
text: It has been primarily developed and used by culturally Deaf people.
text: It calls on 'the Commission to make a proposal to the Council concerning official recognition of the sign language used by deaf people in each Member State.'
text: The European Parliament [...] calls on the Commission to make a proposal to the Council concerning official recognition of the sign language used by deaf people in each Member State.
text: Signing is not only used by the deaf, it is also used by people who can hear, but cannot physically speak.