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Expansion of Visual Languages - Coggle Diagram
Expansion of Visual Languages
Visual and artificial sign communication systems
LOVE- developed signs for the first letter of the word as part of the sign
PSE- simplest form of ASL and most commonly used in conversations
SEE 2- using traditional ASL signs and create signs for pronouns and affixes
SE- use of many initialized signs and affixes
SEE 1- assigned the use of one sign for a word regardless of its meaning
Rochester method is all-inclusive fingerspelling
combined method- sign language and speech
SIMCOM- spoken words while signing at the same time
total communication- offers students the full spectrum of language modes
Historical influences
most signs were made on the waist or lower chest and later were moved to produced in the upper chest or neck regions
two discrete languages that we use today which are ASL and a manual representation of English
new signs were used from the younger generation of signers
the proliferation of sign systems
body and hands were used to represent alphabets in Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Assyrian antiquity
Sharing visual language
ASL is the fourth most common used language in the US
increased effort into teaching more infants and children signing as it gives them a jump-start on speech
Gestuno is used in international conferences
sign language interpreters was the beginning of an unprecedented range of opportunities for deaf people who benefited from the comfort of communication with hearing people
217 sign languages, dialects, and other sign systems from countries around the world
Transitions and variations in signs
trend to of initialize signs
variations in signs are created among deaf males and females
Like English, ASL is not a static language
another variations are race and ethnicity
a factor contributing new signs is technological developments