Stockholm university

In sign language linguistics, we explore the structure of signed languages ​​around the world. We also produce language resources such as corpora and dictionaries for the Swedish sign language (STS).

Since the beginning of the 1970s, our research has explored the structure of signed languages and various aspects of sign language grammar, the language acquisition of deaf children, and the secondlanguage learning of written and spoken language. In addition to studies of Swedish Sign Language (STS), our researchers have produced dissertations on British Sign Language, Greek Sign Language, signed minority languages ​​in Latin America, and tactile sign language.

The Sign Language Section also provides several language resources with open access to researchers, teachers, and the interested public:

  • "Svenskt teckenspråkslexikon" – a data base for a digital dictionary of Swedish Sign Language
  • Sign Language Corpora – a collection of sign languages texts. 

Svenskt teckenspråkslexikon

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Sign Language
Recording of Sign Language Corpora. Photo by Lena Katarina Johansson
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Johanna Mesch

Professor

Department of Linguistics
Johanna Mesch

Ingela Holmström

Senior lecturer, Reader, Head of Department (deputy)

Department of Linguistics
Ingela Holmström 2023

Pia Simper-Allen

Senior lecturer

Department of Linguistics
Pia Simper-Allen

Brita Bergman

Professor emerita

Department of Linguistics

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Research in this subject is conducted at the Department of Linguistics.

Department of Linguistics