Crossword clues for ameslan
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ameslan \Ameslan\ n. 1. American sign language. [An acronym which is spelled and pronounced as a simple word]
Syn: American sign language
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1972, acronym of Ame(rican) S(ign) Lan(guage), known by that name since 1960, but its history goes back to 1817, evolving from French Sign Language (introduced at American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn.) and indigenous sign languages, especially that of Martha's Vineyard. [See "Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language," Nora Ellen Groce, Harvard University Press, 1985]
Usage examples of "ameslan".
There is by now a vast library of described and filmed conversations, employing Ameslan and other gestural languages, with Washoe, Lucy, Lana and other chimpanzees studied by the Gardners and others.
She also attempted to converse in Ameslan with the laboratory cat, who turned out to be the only illiterate in the facility.
In addition to Ameslan, chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates are being taught a variety of other gestural languages.
Having acquired this marvelous method of communication, Washoe may have been surprised that the cat was not also competent in Ameslan.
Sometimes I wasn't sure whether Ameslan, the American sign language, was her first or second language.
They communicate via Ameslan (American Sign Language), which they insist is a true language, complete with grammar, and they see the use of implants like cochlear implants as a threat to “.