FRIDAY FUNDAY: SIGN LANGUAGE.
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we talk anything and everything and pretty much run with it. Today's
blog is on Sign Language.
Sign
Languages (also known as Signed Languages) are languages that use the
visual-manual modality to convey meaning. Sign languages are
expressed through manual articulations in combination with non-manual
elements. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages with
their own grammar and lexicon. Sign languages are not universal and
they are not mutually intelligible with each other, although there
are also striking similarities among sing languages.
Linguists
consider both spoken and signed communication to be types of natural
language, meaning that both emerged through an abstract, protected
ageing process and evolved over time without meticulous planning.
Sign language should not be confused with body language, a type of
non-verbal communication.
Wherever
communities of deaf people exist, Sign Languages have developed as
handy means of communication and they form the core of local deaf
cultures. Although signing is used primarily by the deaf and hard of
hearing, it is also used by hearing individuals, such as those those
unable to speak, those who have trouble with spoken language due to a
disability or condition (augmentative and alternative communication),
or those with deaf family members, such as children of deaf adults.
It is
unclear how many sign languages currently exist worldwide. Each
country generally has its own native sign language, and some have
more than one. The 2013 edition of Ethnologue lists 137 sign
languages. Some sign languages have obtained some form of legal
recognition, while others have no status at all.
Linguists
distinguish natural sign languages from other systems that are
precursors to them or derived from them, such as invented manual
codes for spoken languages, home sign, “baby sign”, and signs
learned by non-human primates.
- Sign
Language Wiki
Now
whilst Deaf and hearing impaired people are relatively a small
portion of the general population , deaf communities often develop
distinctively from the surrounding hearing community. These deaf
communities are commonplace and are widespread around the world,
especially since the sign language used and the culture developed
around it are very varied and rich. An example of sign language
variation in the deaf community is Black ASL (American Sign
Language). This sign language was developed as a variant to ASL
(American Sign Language) and used in the Black community due to the
era of Segregation and Racism where young Black Deaf students were
forced to attend separate schools to their White Deaf peers
(Segregation and Racism should NEVER EVER HAVE HAPPEN OR EVER
HAPPEN).
As
such Sign Language varies from country to country, in Britain sign
language is stated as BSL (British Sign Language),
Now
the reason why I'm writing a blog on sign language is because I'm
currently learning sign language myself via the Sign Language for
dummies book. This is due partly because I wanted a to learn a new
skill in 2020 and my Grandfather had a Cocular implant put in earlier
this year and part of me wanted to be able to communicate if it went
wrong. Please note that there are links to websites where you can buy
the for dummies book, actually learn sign language or take sign
language courses down in the Website Bibliography below.
THE
WEBSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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