COMMENTARY Is it Time to Look Beyond Teachers� Signing Behavior? C. Tane Akamatsu, David A. Stewart, and Connie Mayer ARTICLES Certain Distinct Features of TTY Conversations Susan M. Mather A Descriptive Analysis of Pointing and Oral Movements in a Homesign Takashi Torigoe and Wataru Takei Iconicity and Arbitrariness in Italian Sign Language Paola Pietrandrea BRIEF REPORT The Ancient Origins of Sign Handshapes George Montgomery BOOK REVIEWS Constanze Schmaling, Maganar Hannu: Language of the Hands, a Descriptive Analysis of Hausa Sign Language Ruth Morgan Ulrike Zeshan, Sign Language in Indo-Pakistan: A Description of a Signed Language Madan Vasishta