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American Sign Language
American Sign Languagen. Abbr. ASL The primary sign language used by deaf and hearing-impaired people in the United States and Canada, devised in part by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet on the basis of sign language in France. Also called Ameslan.American sign language n See Ameslan Amer′ican Sign′ Lan`guage
n. a visual-gesture language, having its own semantic and syntactic structure, used by deaf people in the U.S. and English-speaking parts of Canada. Abbr.: ASL [1960–65] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  American sign language - the sign language used in the United StatesASLfinger alphabet, manual alphabet - an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positionssign language, signing - language expressed by visible hand gestures |
American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL), the manual sign and gesture language used by the deaf community in the U.S. It is a language distinct from English, with its own grammar and syntax, but no written form.A·mer·i·can Sign Lan·guage (ASL) (ă-mer'i-kăn sīn lang'gwăj) The manual sign and gesture language used by the deaf community in the United States. It is a language distinct from English, with its own grammar and syntax, but no written form. See AMSLAN
See ASLAmerican sign language
Related to American sign language: American Sign Language alphabetSynonyms for American sign languagenoun the sign language used in the United StatesSynonymsRelated Words- finger alphabet
- manual alphabet
- sign language
- signing
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