American Sign Language and British Sign Language are the same things, right? Wrong. Just because both countries speak English doesn’t mean their Sign Language will be the same. We people who are hearing may not understand it, but for people all over the world who are deaf, they don’t have the same sign language techniques or even origins. Unlike, the American and English language, the two sign languages were not adopted from one another. Although, the two have minimal similarities the differences would make us question if these are real facts.
Where do you think American Sign Language was adapted from, guess? British Sign Language? No, French Sign Language, also known as LSF (Langue des Signes Française) is the correct answer. Not what you …show more content…
The jargon was inherited around the nineteenth century. The article, American Sign Language written from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders states, “The exact beginnings of ASL are not clear, but some suggest that it arose more than 200 years ago from the intermixing of local sign languages and French Sign Language (LSF, or Langue des Signes Française).” Furthermore, fingerspelling is only done with one hand your right or left, whichever extremity is your dominant, it should be used, but never to be changed. Have you had a friend that their dominant hand is the same as yours, are you able to read the handwriting? What about someone who has the opposite hand of dominance. Can you comprehend it now? It is most likely that you read both handwritings like in American Sign Language, no matter what limb you use the person or people you are talking to will always be able to interpret the manifestation. American Sign Language, also is known as ASL, is simple since some the …show more content…
Pretend you were born as a Deaf child. Would you rather have hearing parents or Deaf parents? When a child is born deaf or maybe even hard of hearing, like a toddler babbling word, they start signing words. It’s better to have Deaf parents therefore, they would be able to teach you just as easily as a hearing parent and baby. On the other hand, if the parent is hearing they must learn sign language with you. Like most communicational speaking they have a different grammar. The words may not be in the same order as if you were saying it in English. In the excerpt, 7 Things You Should Know About Sign Language, the author wrote, “There are rules for well-formed sentences in sign language. For example, sign language uses the space in front of the signer to show who did what to whom by pointing.” Especially, since the terminology of both kinds are from English speaking countries in consideration that we adapted their English even though it is a bit
Where do you think American Sign Language was adapted from, guess? British Sign Language? No, French Sign Language, also known as LSF (Langue des Signes Française) is the correct answer. Not what you …show more content…
The jargon was inherited around the nineteenth century. The article, American Sign Language written from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders states, “The exact beginnings of ASL are not clear, but some suggest that it arose more than 200 years ago from the intermixing of local sign languages and French Sign Language (LSF, or Langue des Signes Française).” Furthermore, fingerspelling is only done with one hand your right or left, whichever extremity is your dominant, it should be used, but never to be changed. Have you had a friend that their dominant hand is the same as yours, are you able to read the handwriting? What about someone who has the opposite hand of dominance. Can you comprehend it now? It is most likely that you read both handwritings like in American Sign Language, no matter what limb you use the person or people you are talking to will always be able to interpret the manifestation. American Sign Language, also is known as ASL, is simple since some the …show more content…
Pretend you were born as a Deaf child. Would you rather have hearing parents or Deaf parents? When a child is born deaf or maybe even hard of hearing, like a toddler babbling word, they start signing words. It’s better to have Deaf parents therefore, they would be able to teach you just as easily as a hearing parent and baby. On the other hand, if the parent is hearing they must learn sign language with you. Like most communicational speaking they have a different grammar. The words may not be in the same order as if you were saying it in English. In the excerpt, 7 Things You Should Know About Sign Language, the author wrote, “There are rules for well-formed sentences in sign language. For example, sign language uses the space in front of the signer to show who did what to whom by pointing.” Especially, since the terminology of both kinds are from English speaking countries in consideration that we adapted their English even though it is a bit