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A history of sign language

28 August 2019

Sign language developed organically in different areas, and British Sign Language was only officially recognised in the 1970s, explain Professor Bencie Woll (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) and Dr Kate Rowley (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).

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