Donderdag 19 Februari 2026
donderdag19.02
Nederland, Leiden - Academy Building - Evenement
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
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
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.
