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Muse. Looking forward to reading your thoughts.

Hello, dogmom. I take it from your handle that, apart from languages, you also like & enjoy dogs? If so, that's another thing we would have in common. We have 7 dogs. Three small pet dogs, and four large yard dogs.

Likewise. Speaking generally, my interest in aesthetics (and languages) goes back a long time, to when I studied Philosophy at Cambridge. And although I ended up focusing my attention on Mathematical Logic - for the simple reason that this branch of Philosophy struck me as less speculative...

Hello there, Muse, and thank you for your reply. My initial question has now been conclusively answered. And this answer - that deaf persons appreciate the different aesthetic qualities of different sign languages as much as hearing persons do with spoken ones - does not surprise me. The...

Again, thanks. And good night!

Hi there, thanks for the welcome, and thanks for taking the time to reply to my question. May I ask you a quick follow-up question: Would you say that there are sign languages which are widely acknowledged to be, for instance, particularly passionate, or more passionate than others, in the...

So, here goes: Most hearing persons prefer the sound of some languages to that of others, regardless of whether or not they comprehend these languages. I, for example, much prefer to listen to an Italian speaker - whom I understand only vaguely - than to one who speaks in my native tongue...

Let me add a little background: I am Austrian, but have lived in Jamaica for over 20 years, and so when a friend of mine recently alerted me to a youtube video of a couple performing Bob Marley's "One Love" in sign language, I was very intrigued. My friend and I agreed that, although neither...

Hi! Thanks for getting back to me. Well, shall I just delve into my question?

Hello, All. My name is Stefan, 51 years old, I am a hearing person, with no knowledge of sign languages, and I have a question relating to what might best be called the aesthetics of sign languages. (No, I am not a student, or writing an essay or article - I am merely and genuinely curious...