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The Linguistics of ASL - Coggle Diagram
The Linguistics of ASL
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4) Linguistic Research
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William Stokoe, a hearing man, was hired to Gallaudet University in 1955 and was fascinated by sign language although he didn't know much of it
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He and a few colleagues studied people signing for years and discovered that sign language naturally followed specific rules
In 1960, Stokoe released a book with the results of his study and for the first time, stated that sign language is a complete and complex language, different from English
He was met with much criticism, even from many Deaf people. Most people just thought sign language was an extension of English
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3) Residential Schools
After the Civil War, education was made compulsory mainly in order to establish English as the majority language to unify the increasing diverse population
Immigrants. Native Americans, and Deaf people with their own languages and customs were suppressed and made to learn English
In Deaf residential schools, sign language was not part of the curriculum and instead, students were taught English and speech
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