The SignGram Blueprint is a guide to sign language grammar writing resulting from the COST Action IS1006 Unraveling the Grammars of European Sign Languages: Pathways to Full Citizenship of Deaf Signers and to the Protection of their Linguistic Heritage.

What is the SignGram Blueprint and why is it an innovative tool?

• it provides background information and guidelines to develop the grammar of sign languages
• it describes all components of the grammars of sign languages: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Syntax, and Meaning
• it features a checklist of grammatical phenomena, definitions, representative examples, visuals, tests, bibliographical references, hyperlinks and a pop-up glossary
• it is open access and can be found at the following link: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/467598

The grammars we are creating within SIGN-HUB (for Catalan, German, Spanish, Italian, Turkish Sign Languages and the Sign Language of the Netherlands) are based on the guidelines of the SignGram Blueprint. Our work benefits greatly from this tool, which provides a common structure and background information and hence enhances comparability among the resulting grammars.