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Chapter 5 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 5
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Birth of ASL Research
Early Findings
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internal structure
Location: where on the body or in space is the sign being made? On the cheek, the chest, in front of the body.
Handshape : how the fingers are extended and bent in a particular sign or does it have some fingers extended
Movement: how does the hands move? In a circle, up-and down, forward.
identified 19 handshapes, 12 locations and 24 movements present in sign language.
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What Exactly is ASL
Visual-gestural language
ASL is composed of specific movements and shapes of the hands and arms, eyes, face, head and body posture.
ASL is composed of specific movements and shapes of the hands and arms, eyes, face, head and body posture.
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ASL possesses its own phonology, morphology and syntax
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