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Sign language is a complex language, so something has to learn yet another language. Perhaps made all the more complex as it's spatial and visual instead of ver
by zie 4y ago
Sign language is a complex language, so something has to learn yet another language. Perhaps made all the more complex as it's spatial and visual instead of verbal or written.
Not every deaf person uses sign language and there are many different sign languages in the world. American Sign Language(ASL) is but one of these languages.
- richbell 4y ago> Sign language is a complex language Specifically, sign languages are not visual representations of existing languages (e.g. ASL and English) but completely different languages altogether.
- SamuelAdams 4y agoAnd even then, there are different dialects of ASL.
- zie 4y agoExactly. Though Visual "representations"(for lack of a better word) of English do exist in dialects like SEE(Signed Exact English), which is obviously not the same as ASL. I'm sure other signed languages have rough equivalents in their regional areas as well. I know Mexico has a few different signed languages, though I only have passing familiarity with 1 of their signed languages and it's definitely not a representation of Spanish.
- Daub 4y agoI was waiting for someone to say this. I have taught Humanities in a program which included a significant number of deaf students. Communication was enabled via translators. The difference in language culture plus the fact that everything was mediated through a third party made the whole experience profoundly unsatisfactory. Nuance was completely lost. Perhaps if I had recovered training in sign language things world have been different.