The Paget Gorman Sign System, also known as Paget Gorman Signed Speech (PGSS) or Paget Gorman Systematic Sign Language is a manually coded form of the English language, designed to be used with children with speech or communication difficulties.
PGSS was originally developed in Britain by Sir Richard Paget in the 1930s, and later by Lady Grace Paget and Dr Pierre Gorman. The system uses 37 basic signs and 21 standard hand postures, which can be combined to represent a large vocabulary of English words, including word endings and verb tenses.
The system was widespread in Deaf schools in the UK from the 1960s to the 1980s, but since the emergence of British Sign Language and the BSL-based Signed English in deaf education, its use is now largely restricted to the field of speech and language disorder.
See also
Namibian Sign Language, a language that developed out of PGSS
External links
Sign language
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- List of sign languages
- List by number of signers
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Language families[a]
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By region[a]
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Oceania |
- Australia
- Auslan
- Australian-Irish
- Eltye eltyarrenke
- Far North Queensland Indigenous
- Iltyeme iltyeme
- Rdaka rdaka
- Manjiljarra
- Warlmanpa
- Warramunga
- Mudburra
- Ngada
- Umpila
- Western Desert
- Western Torres Strait Islander
- Yir Yoront
- Yolŋu
- Hawai‘i
- Haoilona ʻŌlelo
- Sāmoa & America Sāmoa
- Sāmoan
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- NZSL
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Asia |
- Bengal
- Bengali
- Cambodia
- Cambodian
- China
- Chinese
- Indonesia
- Indonesian
- Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese)
- India
- Alipur
- Bengali
- Indo-Pakistani
- Naga
- Iran
- Persian
- Iraq
- Iraqi
- Kurdish
- Israel
- Al-Sayyid Bedouin
- Ghardaia
- Israeli
- Kafr Qasem
- Japan
- Amami Oshima
- Nihon Shuwa
- Miyakubo
- Korea
- Korean
- Laos
- Laotian
- Malaysia
- Malaysian
- Penang
- Selangor
- Mongolia
- Mongolian
- Nepal
- Ghandruk
- Jhankot
- Jumla
- Nepalese
- Philippines
- Philippine
- Saudi Arabia
- Saudi
- Singapore
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan
- Taiwan
- Taiwanese
- Tajikistan
- Russian
- Tibet
- Bökyi lagda
- Thailand
- Bangkok
- Chiangmai
- Thai
- Ban Khor (Pasa kidd)
- Vietnam
- Vietnamese
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Africa |
- Algeria
- Algerian
- Ghardaia
- Cameroon
- Maroua
- Ghana
- Adamorobe
- Nanabin
- Ivory Coast
- Bouakako (LaSiBo)
- Kenya
- Kenyan
- Mali
- Tebul
- Bamako (LaSiMa)
- Nigeria
- Bura
- Magannar Hannu
- Senegal
- Mbour
- Somalia & Djibouti
- Somali
- South Africa
- South African
- Tanzania
- Tanzanian
- Uganda
- Ugandan
- Zambia
- Zambian
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North America |
- Plains Sign Talk
- Canada
American
- Protactile
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Ojibwa
- MSL
- Quebec
- Atgangmuurniq
- Plateau
- Mexico
- Chatino
- Mayan
- Mexican
- United States
American
- Black American
- Protactile
- Blackfeet
- Cree
- Cheyenne
- Ojibwa
- Keresign
- Martha's Vineyard
- Navajo
- Navajo Family
- Sandy River Valley
- Henniker
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Central and South America |
- Argentina
- Argentine
- Belize
- Belizean
- Bolivia
- Bolivian
- Brazil
- Libras
- Ka'apor
- Cayman
- Old Cayman
- Chile
- Chilean
- Colombia
- Colombian
- Provisle
- Costa Rica
- Bribri
- Brunca
- Old Costa Rican
- New Costa Rican
- Ecuador
- Ecuadorian
- Guatemalan
- Guatemalan
- Mayan
- Honduras
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Nicaraguan
- Panama
- Chiriqui
- Panamanian
- Paraguay
- Paraguayan
- Peru
- Peruvian
- Sivia
- El Salvador
- Salvadoran
- Old Salvadoran
- Uruguay
- Uruguayan
- Venezuela
- Venezuelan
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Europe |
- Armenia
- Armenian
- Austria
- Austrian
- Belgium
- Flemish
- French Belgian
- United Kingdom
- British
- Croatia
- Croatian
- Denmark
- Danish
- Netherlands
- Dutch
- Estonia
- Estonian
- Finland
- Finnish
- France
- Ghardaia
- French
- Lyons
- Germany
- German
- Greece
- Greek
- Hungary
- Hungarian
- Iceland
- Icelandic
- Ireland
- Irish
- Italy
- Italian
- Kosovo
- Kosovar
- Lithuania
- Lithuanian
- Moldova
- Russian
- North Macedonia
- Macedonian
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Norwegian
- Poland
- Polish
- Portugal
- Portuguese
- Russia
- Russian
- Slovenia
- Slovenian
- Spain
- Catalan
- Spanish
- Valencian
- Sweden
- Swedish
- Switzerland
- Swiss
- Turkey
- Central Taurus
- Mardin
- Turkish
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian
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International |
- International Sign
- Makaton
- Monastic
- Signalong
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ASL |
- Grammar
- Idioms
- Literature
- Profanity
- Name signs
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Extinct languages |
- Chilmark
- Diyari
- Jaralde
- Kalkutungu
- Henniker Sign Language
- Martha's Vineyard
- Old French
- Old Kent
- Plateau Sign Language
- Pitha Pitha
- Sandy River Valley Sign Language
- Warluwara
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Linguistics |
- Grammar (ASL)
- Bimodal bilingualism
- Cherology
Handshape / Location / Orientation / Movement / Expression
- Mouthing
- Sign names
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Fingerspelling |
- American
- British (two-handed)
- Catalan
- Chilean
- French
- Hungarian
- Irish
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Spanish
- Ukrainian
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Writing |
- ASL-phabet
- Hamburg Notation System
Stokoe notation |
SignWriting |
si5s |
si5s
ASLwrite ()
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Language contact |
- Contact sign
- Indian Signing System
- Initialized sign
- Manually coded English
- Manually coded language in South Africa
- Manually Coded Malay
- Mouthing
- Paget Gorman Sign System
- Signed Dutch
- Signed French
- Signed German
- Signed Italian
- Signed Japanese
- Signed Polish
- Signed Spanish
- Signing Exact English
- Tecknad svenska
- Bilingual–bicultural education
- Manually coded language
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Media |
- Films (list)
- Television programmes (list)
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Persons |
- Jabbar Baghtcheban
- Johanna Berglind
- Pär Aron Borg
- Thomas Braidwood
- Laurent Clerc
- Abbé de l'Épée
- Roger Fouts
- Valerie Sutton
- Thomas Gallaudet
- Abbe Sicard
- William Stokoe
- Pierre Pélissier
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Organisations |
- Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
- International Center on Deafness and the Arts
- Mimics and Gesture Theatre
- World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
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Miscellaneous |
- Baby sign language
CHCI chimpanzee center (Washoe, Loulis)
- Open Outcry
- Legal recognition
- Military hand and arm signals
- Monastic sign languages
- Tactile signing
- Tic-tac (betting)
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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.
^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
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