ASL111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Granville Redmond, Douglas Tilden, Deaf School

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Asl is not related to english, it"s a language in itself. Fingerspelling is used to give names to people, places, and specify brand names. Asl uses space in front of the signer"s body to express distance, time, and contrast two different places, people, or things. Facial expressions, head movement, and eye gaze are used to portray grammar o. Look at the signer"s face and the area around it to get signs and grammar. Bsl is more difficult and requires 2 hands for the alphabet. Asl is used by most deaf people in canada + the u. s. Most sign language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through schools for the deaf. The deaf community values being a community and socially responsible for the well being of the group, as well as being informed, and in control of their own affairs. The most appropriate thing to call a deaf person is deaf with a capital d. o o.

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