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Recognition of ASL as a Language - Coggle Diagram
Recognition of ASL as a Language
Stokoe
He researched the development of human language from gestures to speech
His research showed how sign language was a whole unique and Individual language
He was hired to chair the Gallaudet University English Department
He Identified 19 hand shapes, 12 locations, and 24 movements for sign language
Sign Language structure
Handshape: tab
location: dez
movement: sig
Just as spoken language has structure of the sound of words, Sign Language has the structure of how the signs are formed
Facial expressions, body language, and non-manual markers are also Important In Sign Language
Sign Language throughout the years
After the Civil War, a law to make English the majority language was made and that led to the dismissal of Sign Language with Alexander the Great's Influence.
Deaf Children entering schools did not often know they had names
When Signing came back Into the schools, through the combined teaching method, speech was taught before finger spelling
ASL
A visual Language using body movements rather than sound
Different signs From Martha's Vineyard Sign Language has adapted over the years
Signs that had two signs might now be shorted down to one combined sign
YES/NO questions: nonmanual signals, raised eyebrows, widened eyes
Different kinds of questions may have the same signs, but the facial expression and NMMs Identify what kind of question Is being asked