Piotr Tomaszewski Wydział Psychologii Uniwersytet Warszawski 1 W dalszej części pracy omawiana jest kwestia stosowania systemu językowo migowego (SJM) w procesie dydaktycznym. 1 2 3 4 2 3 5 4 6 7 5 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 12 10 11 ___ ___ 12 Summary: Some observers consider Polish Sign Language (PJM) to be a concrete system of gestures with a limited vocabulary and primitive grammar. This is why this visual language isn t fully accepted as a full-fledged language in general sense. Polish Sign Language is often described as universal language whose grammar is poor compared to that of spoken language. The goal of this paper is to show that these descriptions don t correspond to the observations and linguistic analyses of language in the visual/manual modality. PJM is really visual-spatial language with its own grammatical structure and a language of Polish Deaf Community which members are culturally Deaf. It is suggested that differences between Deaf and Hearing people should be seen as cultural differences, not as deviations. 13