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Expansion of Visual Languages - Coggle Diagram
Expansion of Visual Languages
Historical Influences on ASL
In the late 1800s, signs were made on the waist and through time it moved higher.
older signers way of signing differ from younger signers. The old and new co-exist but the old form eventually disappears with old signers
ASL is not a static language, it undergoes changes
Sign language is said to be mostly imported from France when Clerc came to America with Gallaudet.
Sign Communication Systems
Admin wanted to use English-based sign language systems in schools to help deaf children learn English manually and orally.
SEE I: Developed by deaf teacher, David Anthony, in the 1960s. Anthony said the use of one sign for a word regardless of its meaning
SEE II: Developed by a deaf woman, Gerilee Gustason, Ph.D. Chose to use traditional ASL signs and created signs for pronouns. Still used in many school programs.
Rochester Method: Every letter of all communication is fingerspelled with the hand on the same level with the mouth
faded away while ASL grew, most effective for teaching and learning, utilizing a bilingual approach (ASL and English).
Fingerspelling
representation of the letters and sometimes of numeral systems, using only the hands. Is also known as the manual alphabet
Charles de La Fin published a book it as unique alphabetic where pointing to a body part represented the first letter of the part and vowels were located on the fingertips
Vital to ASL but not a substitute for signs. Names of persons, things, and places are usually fingerspelled.
The Visual Language
Estimated half a million to one million people in the American Deaf-World. Many became sign language interpreters or work serving deaf people.
ASL has made it one of the most widely used languages in America
In 2010, USA Today published an article stating that ASL is the fourth most commonly used language in the United States
Children of Deaf Adults
In 1983, CODA was established as a national organization to provide advocacy and resources for its members.
In 1996, CODA established an annual celebration of Mother and Father Deaf Day on the last Sunday in April to honor their deaf parents