German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
Photo: UHH/Denstorf
20 August 2023, by Pamela Sundhausen
Photo: UHH
Cornelia Loos gives us interesting insights into her current research in the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) article. Over the next three years, she will investigate how complex events can be expressed in German Sign Language through two-handed signing and what the limits in simultaneous communication are. “We want to find out how much information a person can convey with both hands simultaneously and whether limitations are due to motor skills or cognitive abilities, or are perhaps related to grammar or phonology.” says Loos, who is leading the project.
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