Research in Sign Language Interpreting at California State University, Northridge

Abstract

The nature of communication through the use of sign language is of growing interest to educators, psychologists, and linguists. For example: 1. in California, Nevada, and Oklahoma, psychologists are exploring the ways and means by which primates communicate with each other, and with humans, after they have been taught sign language; 2. in Washington, D.C., and La Jolla, California, linguists are in the process of describing the grammar of a unique language, American Sign Language; 3. at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) the use of a sign language interpreter in regular classes offers an exciting alternative model of educating deaf college students.