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Sign language
Introduction
• Deaf people• Hundreds of languages• Legal recognition
History
• Has existed a long time• 16th century in Spain• 18th century – alphabet • 1755 first school in Paris• Observating deaf people
Linguistics
• Rich and complex • Grammar of their own• Not dependent on oral
languages• Gestures• Fingerspelling
• Develop on their own• Expresses even more• No universal language
Classification
• No clear classification• Very little historical
research• Migration• Foreign teachers
• Japanese, French, Scandinavian sign language groups
Writing
• Difficult to write down • Usually not written• Several attempts• SignWriting• Stokoe notation
Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water.Jack fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling after.
Using
• hand, face, head, or other body movements
• three-dimensional space
• one hand or two
Estonian sign language
• 2006 became official
• 2000 deaf people• Differs in signs• Russian & Finnish
sign language• School for the
deaf in 1866 • Tartu University
References
• http://sinine.ehi.ee/ehi/oppetool/lopetajad/merilin/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_Sign_Language
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language
• http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=AF0B6C4C-AF9F-4369-A424-CAE4BC623E27