1. LING 2013 LINGUISTICS I NATHALIE F. MARTIN Sign Language

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

3. DO YOU KNOW ANY WORDS? Words and Expressions

4. 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.

5. Manually coded English vs American Sign Language

6. Fingerspelling– ASL & British

7. Fingerspelling – Langue des signes français

8. Words Lexicon http://www.lsfplus.fr/dico.htm#B (French) http://www.lsfplus.fr/dico.htm#B Terminology http://www.lsf.univ-nancy2.fr/ (French) http://www.lsf.univ-nancy2.fr/

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

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

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

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

13. 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

14. Verb Tense

15. Orientation, placement and mouvement are very important!

16. Colloquialisms in Sign Language (ASL)

17. Bible Tranlation and Written Sign Language? Video : Wycliffe http://www.wycliffe.org.uk/video/VIDEO3_512K_Stream.mov

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

19. 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?

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