ASL is a true and naturally evolving laguistic system based on visual/spatial processing. Adding signs from a visual spatially processed language to a linear syntax creates difficulties in understanding concept. MCE's are cumbersome,and attempt to commmunicate an oral syntax to a visual spatial language.
ASL Social - 2nd Friday at 5pm, Springfield College, Richard B. Flynn Campus Union Café, Springfield, MA; parking in lot #4 (mixed group, all levels) * This is the same Deaf Coffee Chat in South Hadley listed early but it has moved to Atkins Farm and at a different time.
What Is ASL? Standing for American Sign Language, ASL is a complete language with its own unique grammar and linguistic properties expressed through hand and facial movements, and used by the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities in the United States, Canada, West Africa and parts of Southeast Asia.
ASL vs SEE Corrected Title from ASL vs ESL to ASL vs SEE because of my own ignorance on the definitions of each ;) I just wanted to get some opinions from members regarding the use of ASL or ESL from a hearing persons perspective. I've been studying ASL, but the contact I've had with people...
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An ASL interpreter is more likely to use a slight time lag in order to gather the whole concept before signing because sign order doesn't "match" word order. A signed English transliterater is more likely to start signing immediately because sign and word order will be the same.
ASL is a language with vocabulary and grammatical structures distinct from all other languages. As a language, ASL has developed naturally over time and is the "natural language used by members of the North American Deaf community" (Valli & Lucas, 1992).
