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Deaf History (Nomeland - Community) - Chapter 5 - Coggle Diagram
Deaf History (Nomeland - Community) - Chapter 5
Gestures to Sign
origins: australopithecines likely used gestures to communicate
communication for location, directions (travel), objects, and sounds
gestural more effective because silence is cloaking, spatial thinking allows for detail
visual-gestural: enhanced by facial expressions
signed and spoken to spoken and written preferences over the years
Research
post-Civil War laws made education compulsory
establishing English as a majority language could unionize
some cultures did suffer in trying to be stamped out
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present time uses bilingual approach with ASL and English
1960s and beyond - "linguistics" to analyze Deaf persons
coding organizational structures of gestures and expressions would be key to studying the language
History
1965: A Dictionary of American Sign Language - Stokoe
Handshape, Location, Movement were Stokoe's core points
The Salk Institute: present-day categorizations of ASL linguistics
Handshape, Location, Movement, plus additional features is current point
HOW ASL:
Builds Signs: Phonology, 3 original parameters, up to 5 noticed by Deaf signers
Changes Meanings: Morphology, word formation and patterns in compounds
Arranges Sign Order: Syntax, facial and body behavior determine sentence types