Linguistics
This is a branch off of a language spoken by a specific demographic, while still sharing many traits with the standard version of the language (African American Vernacular English is a very popular version of this)
What is a Dialect?
This developments disorder is typically diagnose in males around age 7 and females around age 35. (symptoms can include constant fidgeting, finding it hard to focus, anxiety and possibly a learning disorder)
What is ADHD/ Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder?
Water is important to everyone but especially this Deaf women who needed it spelled onto her hand in order to understand and create her own way to see the world without actually seeing it.
Who is Helen Keller?
The way a person speaks and sounds based off the region they're from. (Texas vs New York)
What is an accent?
This is the study of words and what they're made up of.
What is Morphology?
These are the three components of Language.
What are Form, Content and Use?
This acronym is used to describe a young person who is around Deaf people and know ASL, but does not have any hearing difficulties.
What is a CODA? (Child of Deaf Adults)
This is the word used for someone who knows more than one language.
Whats is a Bilingual/Multilingual?
This is the term for changing the way you speak when communicating with different people.
What is Code Switch/ Code Switching?
This is the time period that allows for children to learn things at an incredibly fast rate that typically slows down around age 17.
What is the critical period? (this is why children are able to obtain knowledge like sponges!)
Babies don't talk, but they may use this sign of opening and closing their fist to tell their caregiver that they are hungry.
What is Milk?
This is what IPA stands for.
What is the International Phonetic Alphabet?
There was a beautiful example of language development in the 1980's when Deaf children from THIS country developed their own type of sign language.
What is Nicaragua?
This branch of linguistics concerns all sounds of the IPA and how they are pronounced. (this is also a required class for CASD majors)
What is Phonetics?
This communication disorder contains a spectrum of symptoms that can range from a lack of eye contact, over stimulation in certain environments, and a struggle with the Theory of Mind. (the understanding of others beliefs and feelings)
What is Autism?
To say this, you must put the tip of you hand to your face and then move your hand toward to the person you are speaking to (But be careful not to curse them out!)
What is Thank You? (just don't put your hand under your chin!)
This word is used to express that a specific term is too complex for others to understand. In children, it's typically seen as verbal nonsense or make up words.
What is Jargon?
This study of language relates to factors such as environment, class, gender, and regional upbringing which all have an effect on a person's usage of language.
What is Sociolinguistics?
A Stutter and Broca's Aphasia are both examples of what type of disorder? (Hint: they both impact the rate and flow of speech)
What is fluency?
When using Sign Language, signers make good use of THIS to indicate any type of relation or other conceptual structure. (no verbal languages use this)
What is Space/ Signing Space?
In ASL, sometimes the word is at your fingertips but instead you sign each letter individually which is a process called this...
What is Finger Spelling?