International Sign (henceforth IS) is a communication system that is used widely in the international Deaf Community. The present study is one of the first to research extensively the origin of both the IS lexicon and grammatical structures. Findings demonstrate that IS is both influenced by naturally evolved sign languages used in grown deaf communities (henceforth SLs) and relies heavily on iconic, universal structures. This paper shows that IS continues to develop from a simplistic iconic system into a conventionalized system with increasingly complex rules. © 2007 Springer-Verlag London.
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Rosenstock, R. (2007). Emergence of a communication system: International sign. In Emergence of Communication and Language (pp. 87–103). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-779-4_5
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