History of Sign
Which is the ancient civilization where the earliest mention of sign language was?
What does ASL stand for?
American Sign Language
What is a sign name?
A name given to a person by sign language users that is a single sign, often a word that describes the person's character. This name takes the place of fingerspelling your name among friends and colleagues.
What are some movements for the movement parameter?
upward, downward, backward, forward, diagonally, wave, zigzag, etc.
Why was fingerspelling created?
For the deaf to communicate without feeling excluded.
The Greek philosopher believed that speech was the path to learning to allow those who cannot hear also learn.
Aristotle
When can ASL be traced back to?
19th century
What choices is a deaf person given when they are of age?
To use surgery to hear or learn sign language.
How many handshapes does parameter have?
55 handshapes
Fingerspell the current time
Add 200 if correct, no change if incorrect.
vThis country produced several major figures in the history of sign language, and had a major impact on the development of American Sign Language.
France
Who was the first to teach sign language?
Pedro Ponce de Leon
This is the percentage of hearing loss you must have in order to be part of the deaf community.
Trick question, anyone with hearing loss and many of their hearing neighbors, relatives, partners, and friends are part of the deaf community.
How many Primes are there in English?
40-44 phonemes
Finger spell your name
added if done correctly, no change if incorrectly
Community who featured an abnormally large number of deaf people due to a genetic condition.
Martha's Vineyard
Who introduced ASL?
Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Who are the Oralists?
This group believes that teaching deaf people to speak is better than teaching them to use sign language. They were prominent in the 1800s and early 1900s, but have become less prominent since the 1960s when sign language became dominant in deaf schools.
Could location parameters be similar?
Yes
Fingerspell the alphabet
If right add 400, if wrong no change.
A man singularly important in the establishing of education for deaf people and developing professional networks of sign language communicators and educators. He was French, but founded schools and made connections in England and the United States as well.
Thomas Gallaudet
When was the earliest recorded reference to sign language?
5th century BC
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This influential and passionate oralist also invented the telephone.
What is the most important of parameters?
The fingerspelling.
Challenge: Fingerspell Zoogeographically
If wrong take 500 points off, if right add 500 points.