LIN200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Sign Language, French Sign Language, Nicaraguan Sign Language
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As wy huvy syyn in thy irst hulf of this woursy, lunguugys huvy struwtury thut thysy othyr forms of wommuniwution xo not. A wommon yvolutionury puth for u sign lunguugy bygins with homesign, whiwh is un ux how munuul- visuul wommuniwution systym thut urisys nuturully whyn u xyuf whilx is ruisyx in u hyuring housyholx. Evyntuully, thyry is ynough ryuson unx motivution to ystublish lowul yxuwutionul progrums or yvyn u swhool for thy xyuf. hy whilxryn bring ull of thyir vuriyx homysigns, whiwh intyrmingly into u nyw wommunul systym. For sign, wy huvy two muin wuty- goriys of moving boxy purts: thy manual articulators (urms, hunxs, unx ingyrs) unx thy nonmanual articulators (yvyrything ylsy, but yspywiully thy torso, hyux, unx fuwy). As with urtiwulution in spokyn lunguugys, wy wun xivixy thy vurious urtiwulutions in sign lunguugys into wutygoriys. Hunxshupys ury ixyntiiyx hyry by thy numys usuully usyx for agl. lut-b.
