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Universal Primary Language for the Deaf People (Characteristics…
Universal Primary Language for the Deaf People
Are sign languages the same as spoken languages?
NO
Are they true languages?
Yes, they are.
Sign language is a true language on the same level as oral language.
It is different from spoken language because they use a structure differently.
American Sign Language has a linguistic structure with levels:
phonological, morphological, and syntactic.
Common mistakes regarding ASL:
Parasitic of the spoken
It is just iconic
It is a universal language
ASL History
FSL: Paris, Abbé l'Epée in the 18th century.
It is similar to ASL because educators contacted.
Modern sign languages, like oral languages, are subject to the universal process of linguistic change, and these signs are classified into families.
Communication
Development, knowledge, learning, social skills, security, self-esteem, improves our life because it allows them to be free.
Deaf Community and ASL
Identity Acceptance of deafness Feeling of belonging to the group. Identification and behavior model Culture Values Rules of Conduct Traditions Customs
They are natural languages of gestural production and visual perception perfectly defined and different from the oral languages with which they cohabit, which arises from the deaf community that has served generations, not only for their communication but also as the basis for their own identity.
“Of the 70 million people who do use sign language, 1 million are Americans using American Sign Language (ASL)” (How many countries have sign language as an official language? | Travel Trivia, n.d.).
Characteristics
Arbitrariness
Grammatical rules
Changes over time
Common for community members
Double articulation
The differential character of its units
Think: Why consider the sign language of other countries inferior to the American sign language?