Get Russian Sign Language

In ASL, reduplication is used for a variety of linguistic purposes, including overt marking of plurality on nouns, aspectual inflection on verbs, and nominalization of verbal forms. Reduplication involves the repetition, often partial, of the articulation of a sign.

To sign "Russia," drag the side of your index finger backwards across your chin, then flick the finger downward. Think of wiping "ale" from your chin and flinging it to the floor.

Russian sign language has an official status in Russia, and over 120,000 deaf people in Russia and its neighboring countries use it as their first language. Russian sign language has no writing system, is poorly described and belongs to the low-resource languages.

Reduplication (Rd), also called Doubling, is a phonological process present in typical development, up to the age of 2-3 years....What is Reduplication? banana = nana. daddy = dada. mommy = mama. water = wawa. grandpa = papa.

Russian Sign Language (RSL) is a sign language of a very large Deaf community, used in the territory of Russia, in many—but not all (Kibrik 2008)—countries of the former Soviet Union (Grenoble 1992). Wittmann (1991) and Zeshan (2006) categorize RSL as a member of the Old French Sign Language Family.

For example, in English, reduplication can denote emphasis (e.g. coke 'coke' > coke-coke 'real coke (Coca-Cola)').

Signs for PUTIN, VLADIMIR Pronunciation (production): Dominant "G"->"20" (handshape), palm facing left if right-handed (orientation), on the nose (location), stroke down the nose from "G" to "20" twice, very short (movement).

The first studies of Russian Sign Language were conducted by Victor Ivanovich Fleury, director of the Saint Petersburg School for the Deaf, where teaching was based on de l'Épée's method. One of Fleury's main works is Glukhonemye [Deafmutes, 1835], which analyzes the communication of the Deaf.