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We'll talk about the attempt to establish a universal sign language and look at other applications of sign language. This means that unlike ASL, they are constructed, or artificial, sign languages.

SEE and PSE rely on the English language to varying degrees. We'll also look at Signed Exact English ( SEE) and Pidgin Signed English ( PSE), two alternatives to ASL that are used primarily between deaf people and hearing people. In this article, we'll focus mainly on American Sign Language, the dominant sign language in the United States. Pictures don't capture the nuances that are intrinsic for clear communication with sign language, and sometimes it is difficult to communicate the motions some signs require without video, animation or an in-person demonstration. The way a speaker signs a concept can say more about his meaning than the sign itself. Most speakers of sign language find it difficult to learn it from books and static pictures.

While it is possible to interpret sign language into a spoken language such as English (and vice versa), such an interpretation would not be a direct translation. There is no direct correlation between natural sign languages and spoken languages - speakers of sign language communicate through concepts, not words.