TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Sign language

Lecture Introduction to linguistics: Sign language. In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Sign language, myths about sign language, why it is important?, american sign language, fingerspelling. | Sign Language Today’s Lecture Sign Language Myths about sign language Why it is important? American Sign Language Fingerspelling SIGN LANGUAGE Used primarily by hearing-impaired people, Uses a different medium: hands, face, and eyes (rather than vocal tract or ears). NOT derived from spoken language Why Study Sign Language? Sign Language exhibits same functional properties and follow same universal principles as spoken language—possible evidence of universal grammar (UG). Study of sign language provides unique insight into the nature of language itself. Brain function similarities indicate language not based on hearing and speech. MYTHS about sign language It’s universal: NO. ASL =/= British sign language =/= Spanish sign language It’s like mime: NO. Some signs may be iconic, but others are not (.,‘apple’ in ASL). Mime can use the whole body; sign language uses only an area between the waist and head. Has no grammar on its own. NO. ASL is NOT “English on the hands”. English grammar and ASL grammar are very different; ., ASL has a free word order; ASL does not have tense markers. Cannot convey the same meaning/complexities as spoken language. NO. ASL speakers can express anything they want in ASL. Why is it important? Not to marginalize disabled people. Spread Language. Possible as any other way of communication (radio, letter, television, newspapers, magazines ) The most effective way to communicate with a Deaf person is to use sign language or an interpreter. Did you know that when two Deaf people meet for the first time they usually share information about what school they attended. This helps them to establish their ties with the Deaf community. Deaf people strengthen their social bonds by participating in Deaf clubs and activities such as, athletic tournaments, churches, picnics, and other social events. · When you meet a Deaf person for the first time they will want to know: 1. your first and last name 2. whether you are deaf, hard of .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Introduction to linguistics
• Sign language
• Applied Linguistics
• Ngôn ngữ học
• American sign language
• ASL Grammar
• Fingerspelled loan signs
• An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• Ebook An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
• History Linguistics
• Applied linguists
• Language learning
• Professionalising of applied linguists
• Applied linguistics challenge
• Language use
• Generative linguistics
• Historical linguistics
• Traditional grammar
• Branches of linguistics
• Ferdinand de saussure
• The Prague School
• Relational grammar
• First language acquisition
• Bound morpheme
• Types of free morpheme
• Levels of language
• Types of morphemes
• Paradigmatic view
• Noun phrase
• Adjective phrase
• Syntactic processes
• Syntactic analysis
• Ultimate constituent analysis
• Generative grammar
• Startificational grammar
• Sentential semantics
• Referential theory
• Lexical semantics
• Types of meanings
• Relevance theory
• Cooperation theory
• Argumentation theory
• Language origin
• Development of Language
• Distinct features of language
• Language development theories
• Language development
• Second language learning
• Learner Strategies
• Universal theory
• Brain areas involved in language
• Language disorders
• Sapir whorf hypothesis
• Language reflects society