manualist
8.6
A person who uses or supports sign language to teach people who are deaf
- noun
- /ˈmæn.ju.əl.ɪst/
- Specialized
:
intérprete de lengua de señas
- The manualist taught the children how to communicate effectively using sign language.
Examples
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Many manualists believe that sign language should be the primary mode of communication in deaf education.
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As a manualist, she emphasized the importance of hand gestures in understanding deaf culture.
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True, in the last century, many moralists, particularly the manualists, made such claims.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
signer
vsmanualist
1
4.5
A person who translates speech into sign language for deaf people
focuses on promoting or teaching sign language especially in deaf education
How Active
Surface Forms
manualist singular
manualists plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word manualist comes from the Latin manus meaning 'hand' and the idea of manual as 'by hand'. So a manualist is a person who uses or supports hand-based sign language to communicate, especially in teaching deaf children.