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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 09:16:02 JST 翠星石

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   • (NekoSock) Miya Ironami
   @iro_miya You cannot think in sign language, as they are physical movements, but I reckon one could have thought patterns that align with the physical movements.
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     (NekoSock) Miya Ironami (iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 09:16:04 JST (NekoSock) Miya Ironami

     Surely completely deaf beings would think in sign language, right? What about partially deaf beings? Assuming thinking in sign language is a thing, how much signing does it take to start thinking in it? Does it even happen to non-deaf beings who learn it but don't rely on it to communicate on a daily basis?
     
     Also you know how when you know multiple languages you might code-switch between them in your thoughts. Is code-switching between spoken language and sign language... a thing? Surely code-switching between different sign languages would be a thing though (assuming again that thinking in sign language is a thing).