American sign language (ASL) is a visual language using hand gestures, facial expressions, and body movements, primarily used by the Deaf community in North America.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times.

Scientists are working on technology to analyse and advise your attempts to learn sign language.

The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took ...

In American Sign Language, finding a visual way to represent an inner identity can be complicated, and the Deaf community hasn’t reached consensus on many signs.

In American Sign Language, some words rhyme, some look like what they mean and some are used more often than others. A new database of these features paves a pathway for ASL research.

People in Philadelphia speak with a distinctive Philly accent, and those who converse in sign language are no different. The area is known for having one of the most distinctive regional sign ...

As productions increasingly include characters and perspectives from a variety of backgrounds, deaf and hearing people who translate the shows for deaf audiences are trying to keep up.