Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri)
@adamcschembri.bsky.social
https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home
Australian professor of linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK
Hearing person interested in sign languages & signing communities
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Australian professor of linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK
Hearing person interested in sign languages & signing communities
🏳️🌈🇦🇺🇲🇹🇪🇺
Yes: interesting question. I’d love to see a study into how much this varies in LSF.
In our BSL Corpus data, we see 2 and 1 handed variants of signs 6-10, but there is very much a change from 2 to 1 handed variants in progress. I think this change is much more advanced in Auslan.
In our BSL Corpus data, we see 2 and 1 handed variants of signs 6-10, but there is very much a change from 2 to 1 handed variants in progress. I think this change is much more advanced in Auslan.
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Yes: interesting question. I’d love to see a study into how much this varies in LSF.
In our BSL Corpus data, we see 2 and 1 handed variants of signs 6-10, but there is very much a change from 2 to 1 handed variants in progress. I think this change is much more advanced in Auslan.
In our BSL Corpus data, we see 2 and 1 handed variants of signs 6-10, but there is very much a change from 2 to 1 handed variants in progress. I think this change is much more advanced in Auslan.
Are you on LinkedIn? Would love to share this infographic there.
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Are you on LinkedIn? Would love to share this infographic there.
Reposted by Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri)
In their article "Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu", Jacqueline Iseli and Rachel McKee describe the sociolinguistic context of deaf people in Vanuatu who have limited opportunities to socialise together, and document signs used by 19 deaf adults across the country nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...
Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu: A sociolinguistic study - Linguistic Society of New Zealand
nzlingsoc.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In their article "Signs of Deaf Ni-Vanuatu", Jacqueline Iseli and Rachel McKee describe the sociolinguistic context of deaf people in Vanuatu who have limited opportunities to socialise together, and document signs used by 19 deaf adults across the country nzlingsoc.org/journal_arti...
Reposted by Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri)
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There are possibly 8000 language varieties used around the world today, many of them with communities of speakers and signers that number less than 10,000.
Even if only a handful of people in those communities want to keep their languages alive, I’m happy to promote their right to do so.
Even if only a handful of people in those communities want to keep their languages alive, I’m happy to promote their right to do so.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There are possibly 8000 language varieties used around the world today, many of them with communities of speakers and signers that number less than 10,000.
Even if only a handful of people in those communities want to keep their languages alive, I’m happy to promote their right to do so.
Even if only a handful of people in those communities want to keep their languages alive, I’m happy to promote their right to do so.
You're not interested in Cornish nor BSL. Your children aren't interested in Cornish either. Yet we are having got several posts about exactly how much you're not interested in any of this discussion about minority languages.
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
You're not interested in Cornish nor BSL. Your children aren't interested in Cornish either. Yet we are having got several posts about exactly how much you're not interested in any of this discussion about minority languages.
That's quite a non-sequitur. Nobody here said anything about forcing anyone to do anything.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
That's quite a non-sequitur. Nobody here said anything about forcing anyone to do anything.
Most people are not gay, but we have same sex marriage. What's your point? Minorities should have no rights?
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Most people are not gay, but we have same sex marriage. What's your point? Minorities should have no rights?
I wonder how this compares to the British Sign Language Act 2022? Did they overlook this? :-)
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I wonder how this compares to the British Sign Language Act 2022? Did they overlook this? :-)