# Sign Language

**Source**: https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects/language-and-linguistics/sign-language
**Parent**: https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects

If you already know Swedish Sign Language, you can study sign language linguistics at our department. If you don’t yet know it, you can take Swedish Sign Language for beginners. Please see the Swedish webpage for more information.

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## Subject description

[Please see the Swedish webpage for more information.](https://www.su.se/utbildning/utbildningskatalog/utbildningsamnen/sprak/teckensprak)\

## Career opportunities

[Please see the Swedish webpage for more information.](https://www.su.se/utbildning/utbildningskatalog/utbildningsamnen/sprak/teckensprak)

## Courses and programmes

There are no courses or programs offered in English in this subject.

## Degree

[Information about degrees at Stockholm University](https://www.su.se/english/education/qualifications-degrees)

## Research

At the Department of Linguistics, we have been researching sign language since the early 1970s.

Today our research is mainly about linguistically describing signed languages and in particular Swedish Sign Language (SSL).\

Our research on the multilingualism in the deaf and hard of hearing concerns questions about deaf language learners in general and deaf Swedish language learners in particular. For example, we study similarities and differences between deaf and hearing second language learners.

We are also interested in issues regarding the need for bilingualism that the deaf and hard of hearing people have in different situations.

[Research in Sign Language](https://www.su.se/english/research/research-subjects/sign-language)

## Contact

Welcome to contact our Student Office!

## Area of interest

[Language and Linguistics](https://www.su.se/english/education/course-catalogue/education-subjects/language-and-linguistics)