"homesigner" meaning in All languages combined

See homesigner on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: homesigners [plural]
Etymology: From home sign + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|home sign|er|id2=occupation}} home sign + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} homesigner (plural homesigners)
  1. A deaf person who has not properly acquired a signed or spoken language, due to lack of instruction and isolation from an established signing community, who instead uses a self-generated gesture system called a home sign.

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "Because Julio is a child homesigner, we have the unique opportunity to track the changes in his homesign system as it acquires more linguistic structure, from its roots in the non-linguistic gestures produced by the hearing individuals around him."
        }
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