British Sign Language (English Wikipedia)

Brien, David; Brennan, Mary, eds. (1992). Dictionary of British Sign Language. Durham: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0571143466.
Atkinson, Alexander (2001) [1865]. Memoirs of my youth. Feltham: British Deaf History Society Publications. pp. v-17. ISBN 978-1-902427-11-9.
Jackson, Peter Webster (2001). A Pictorial History of Deaf Britain. Winsford: Deafprint Winsford. p. 12. ISBN 978-0953220649.

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"Doncaster sign language course proves a hit as thousands join in". BBC News. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
"Leicester Cathedral reveals sign language wedding held in 1576". BBC News. 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
"Teenage campaigner Jade Chapman sets up sign language course with prize". BBC News. 25 April 2015.
Martin, Hazel (21 July 2019). "What's deoxyribonucleotide in sign language?". BBC News. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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Gordon, Gareth (29 April 2020). "Bringing coronavirus news to the deaf community". BBC News.

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"Help & Resources". British Deaf Association. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
"Help & Resources - British Deaf Association".

belfasttelegraph.co.uk (Global: 1,066^th place; English: 557^th place)

"Sign language is needed more than Irish: TUV's Allister". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.

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"British Sign Language GCSE: Everything you need to know – The Education Hub". educationhub.blog.gov.uk. Department for Education. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

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Sutton-Spence, Rachel; Woll, Bencie (1998). The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0521631424.
Kyle, Jim G.; Woll, Bencie; Kyle, Jim (1998). Sign language: the study of deaf people and their language (1. paperback ed., reprinted ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 37–40. ISBN 978-0-521-35717-3.
Kyle & Woll (1985).Sign Language: the study of deaf people and their language Cambridge University Press, p. 263
Sutton-Spence, R.; Woll, B. (1999). The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521637183. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and Their Language, J. G. Kyle, B. Woll, G. Pullen, F. Maddix, Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN 0521357179

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"John Bulwer, English physician, author, and educator". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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Deaf people and linguistic research Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Professor Bencie Woll, Director of the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre based at University College London. British Science Association. Accessed October 2010.

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BSLCorpus. "Home". BSL Corpus Project. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
BSLCorpus. "Projects". BSL Corpus Project. Retrieved 14 April 2026.

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Hopkirk, Elizabeth. "When it's hard to find the words: creating architectural terms in sign language". Building. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

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"BSL Northern Ireland Sign Language at all public Masses. Archives".

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"Subtitled, Audio Described and Signed programming | Channel 8". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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Morgan, Gary (October 2006). "'Children Are Just Lingual': The Development of Phonology in British Sign Language (BSL)" (PDF). Lingua. 116 (10): 1507–1523. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2005.07.010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018.

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"Grammatical Structure of British Sign Language · coHearentVision". archive.is. 23 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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Leahy, Anne M (2015). Interpreted communication with deaf parties under Anglo-American common law to 1880 (PDF). p. 47.

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Leahy, Anne; Brown, Peter (2020). "Naming British Sign Language 1960–1975". Sign Language Studies. 20 (4): 691–698. doi:10.1353/sls.2020.0024.
Cicourel, Aaron (April 1974). "Gestural Sign Language and the Study of Nonverbal Communication". Sign Language Studies. 4 (4): 35–76. doi:10.1353/sls.1974.0007. JSTOR 26203093.
Rowley, Katherine; Cormier, Kearsy (1 November 2024). "Shorter but richer versus longer with less information: linguistic differentiation between British Sign Language and sign supported English". Multilingua. 43 (6): 723–750. doi:10.1515/multi-2023-0177. ISSN 1613-3684.
Ladd, Paddy (31 December 2003). Understanding Deaf Culture. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. pp. xiii-30. doi:10.21832/9781853595479. ISBN 978-1-85359-547-9.
Morgan, Gary (October 2006). "'Children Are Just Lingual': The Development of Phonology in British Sign Language (BSL)" (PDF). Lingua. 116 (10): 1507–1523. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2005.07.010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018.
McArthur, Tom (January 2018). "British Sign Language". The Oxford Companion to the English Language. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199661282.001.0001. ISBN 9780199661282.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)

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East Anglian Daily Press, Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Photo Gallery: Incredible young people from Norfolk and Suffolk are honoured with special awards.

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British Sign Language (BSL) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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"Decisions: Rules for GCSE qualifications in British Sign Language". GOV.UK. Ofqual. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
"Ofqual launches next phase in British Sign Language GCSE development". GOV.UK. Ofqual. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
"Government backs vital British Sign Language Bill". UK Government. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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Meyler, Michael (2 September 2021). "Learning Sri Lankan Sign Language - Groundviews". Retrieved 14 May 2026.

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"LumoTV Annual Review 2024 | Deaf BSL users' preferences for watching television (2022-2023)" (PDF). Signs@HWU. Archived from the original on 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

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Leahy, Anne; Brown, Peter (2020). "Naming British Sign Language 1960–1975". Sign Language Studies. 20 (4): 691–698. doi:10.1353/sls.2020.0024.

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Cicourel, Aaron (April 1974). "Gestural Sign Language and the Study of Nonverbal Communication". Sign Language Studies. 4 (4): 35–76. doi:10.1353/sls.1974.0007. JSTOR 26203093.

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"British Sign Language Act 2022". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

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"BSL Act Now: British Sign Language Bill discussion reveals UK Government changes". 8 February 2022.

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2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011, Accessed 17 February 2013.

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McArthur, Tom (January 2018). "British Sign Language". The Oxford Companion to the English Language. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199661282.001.0001. ISBN 9780199661282.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)

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"British Sign Language Bill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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"British Sign Language update | Qualifications Wales". qualifications.wales. Qualifications Wales. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

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"British Sign Language GCSE | BSL Courses". signature.org.uk. Signature. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

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"5.8 UK". signteach.eu.

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"BSL on paper" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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Prasad, Raekha (19 March 2003). "Sound and Fury". Guardian Unlimited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2008.

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"BSL Timeline". History of British Sign Language. University College London. Retrieved 10 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
"Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall". History of British Sign Language. University College London. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
"George Dalgarno". History of British Sign Language. University College London. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
"Samuel Pepys diary extract". History of British Sign Language. University College London. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
UCL. "Thomas Braidwood, The Braidwood School". History of British Sign Language. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

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"Official recognition of British Sign Language 1987-2003 – suggested reading | UCL UCL Ear Institute & Action on Hearing Loss Libraries". Blogs.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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"BSL SignBank". bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2026.

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"British Sign Language Act 2022". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
Deaf people and linguistic research Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Professor Bencie Woll, Director of the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre based at University College London. British Science Association. Accessed October 2010.
Prasad, Raekha (19 March 2003). "Sound and Fury". Guardian Unlimited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
Let Sign Shine, , Norwich Radio Local Hero Award.
East Anglian Daily Press, Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Photo Gallery: Incredible young people from Norfolk and Suffolk are honoured with special awards.
Morgan, Gary (October 2006). "'Children Are Just Lingual': The Development of Phonology in British Sign Language (BSL)" (PDF). Lingua. 116 (10): 1507–1523. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2005.07.010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018.

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Rowley, Katherine; Cormier, Kearsy (1 November 2024). "Shorter but richer versus longer with less information: linguistic differentiation between British Sign Language and sign supported English". Multilingua. 43 (6): 723–750. doi:10.1515/multi-2023-0177. ISSN 1613-3684.

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The Ted Taylor Files (29 September 2024). Channel 4 Sign On 19 12 1992 HD. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via YouTube.

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