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pantomime

  • Children learning Lao sign language. (Big Brother Mouse, Wikimedia Commons)
    How Sign Languages Develop
    Victoria Clare
    Researchers think that the first steps in the creation of a sign language likely resemble a game of charades. According to one study, it only takes five generations of learners for a pantomime to become a stable sign.