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Sign languages utilize spoken language components in fingerspelling and mouthing.
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5 sources for · 0 against

Sign languages frequently incorporate spoken language components through fingerspelling (manual representations of the written alphabet) and mouthing (silent articulation of spoken words).

Evidence for · 5
2019 · cited by 45
Paper 2 documents how signers coordinate conventional signs with English fingerspelling and mouthing.
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The claim is specific and empirically testable, directly addressing whether sign languages incorporate elements of spoken and written languages. Multiple high-quality linguistic papers confirm that fingerspelling and mouthing are core components of many signed languages, serving as bridges between sign and spoken/written language modalities. No retrieved papers refute this fact.

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2021 · cited by 31
Paper 5 discusses fingerspelling alphabets and mouthing as key semiotic resources in deaf communication.
2022 · cited by 20
Paper 7 discusses automatic annotation of BSL fingerspelling and corresponding mouthing cues.
2022 · cited by 14
Paper 8 describes fingerspelling as a manual representation of orthographic code blending sign and print.
2024 · cited by 6
Paper 11 provides a typology of mouthing constructions across 37 signed languages.
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first checked04 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8604 Aug 2026
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