Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau

Donderdag 19 Februari 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
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This thesis traces the formation of a deaf community in Guinea-Bissau and the emergence of its sign language, Língua Gestual Guineense (LGG), offering rare real-time documentation of how a language develops from gestural roots.

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Locatie Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
Leiden
2311GJ
Nederland