Some spoken forms look quite different when pen is put to paper. For instance, Serbian is written with a variation of the Cyrillic alphabet, like Russian, while Croatian uses a form of the Latin ...

Previous studies on the processing of sign language in the human brain had already found some similarities and also differences between sign languages and spoken languages.

While most research on bilingualism compares people who speak two languages to those who just speak one, this study compares bilinguals of different languages and writing systems.

HAERIM HWANG, HYEYOUNG JUNG, HYUNWOO KIM, Effects of Written Versus Spoken Production Modalities on Syntactic Complexity Measures in Beginning-Level Child EFL Learners, The Modern Language Journal, ...

The Brain Interprets Spoken and Written Language the Same Way Neural activity associated with the meaning of words is independent of whether those words are read or listened to, a study finds.

Language samples may consist of written, signed, and spoken language samples. Written language samples are the easiest way to see this, but if appropriate for a student who uses spoken language, ...

Using a complex statistical model, the researchers accounted for differences associated with age, gender, type of linguistic judgment, performance accuracy and the method -- written or spoken ...

Learning ASL is different from learning orally spoken and written languages. We've vetted the best ASL sites to help you start signing today.

When I started studying ASL, it struck me how different it is from spoken English. It wasn’t just the grammar and syntax, but also that the methods used in ASL to convey concepts are purely ...