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LING 2013 LINGUISTICS I NATHALIE F. MARTIN Sign Language

Today:  Special guest speaker – Shelly Johnston  Different facts about Sign language  Websites (ASL):

DO YOU KNOW ANY WORDS? Words and Expressions

CHALLENGE !!! D ID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SING LANGUAGES ? Y ES, THERE ARE …  During this presentation we will speak of a few … CHALLENGE:  How many different sign languages can you notice/find?  Write them down to share at the end of class.

Manually coded English vs American Sign Language

Fingerspelling– ASL & British

Fingerspelling – Langue des signes français

Words Lexicon (French) Terminology (French)

Hand Configuration Hand configuration is very important. Not to be mistaken …

Orientation, Placement and Mouvement Orientation, placement and mouvement are very important!

Orientation, Placement and Mouvement Orientation, placement and mouvement are very important!

Syntax I + ask + PAST + John + for + the + card + plural

Morphology What about morphology? Do you think that learning sign language involves some kind of morphological knowledge?  Number – ex: singular or plural?  Distributiontional aspects – ex: each, certain, etc.  Temporal aspects – ex: for a long time, regularly, over and over  Temporal focus – ex: starting to, gradually, etc.  Manner – ex: with ease, with difficulty, slowly  Degree – ex: a little, a bit very, excessively  Reciprocyty - Indicates mutual relationships or actions  Index – changes person reference for verbs

Verb Tense

Orientation, placement and mouvement are very important!

Colloquialisms in Sign Language (ASL)

Bible Tranlation and Written Sign Language? Video : Wycliffe

Transcription of Sign Language Hand shape = DEZ (designator) Type of motion = SIG (signation) Location = TAB (tabula) Palm orientation = ORI

L ANGUAGE ACCQUISITION MATTERS C OMPARE HOW SOMEONE WOULD ACQUIRE SPOKEN LANGUAGE VERSUS S IGN L ANGUAGE. What would be similar? What would be different?

CHALLENGE !!! CHALLENGE:  How many different sign languages did you notice/find during this presentation?