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The Deaf as a People Group

The Deaf as a People Group. Sign Language Commonalities. Orville Boyd Jenkins. The Deaf as a People Group. Sign Language Commonalities. Syntax & grammar – this is universal for all sign languages in the world

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The Deaf as a People Group

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  1. The Deaf as a People Group Sign Language Commonalities Orville Boyd Jenkins

  2. The Deaf as a People Group Sign Language Commonalities • Syntax & grammar – this is universal for all sign languages in the world • Classifers – certain handshapes that give pictures to improve meaning and clarification • Non-Manual Markers – 28 that are grammatically based and it is impossible to communicate in sign language without them. • There are many others that build on these first 28. • Ex: facial “expression”. The face indicates a question, comma, period, exclamation point, etc. The Non-Manual Marker must be at the beginning of the sentence, not the end.

  3. The Deaf as a People Group Sign Language Commonalities • Non-Manual Markers – 28 that are grammatically based and it is impossible to communicate in sign language without them. • There are many others that build on these first 28. • Ex: facial “expression”. The face indicates a question, comma, period, exclamation point, etc. The Non-Manual Marker must be at the beginning of the sentence, not the end.

  4. The Deaf as a People Group Sign Language Commonalities • Iconic – universal in all sign languages. The handshape takes on the very shape of the item being described. • Ex: “C” shape designates “cup” or “glass” and when brought to the mouth, indicates “drink” or “drinking”.

  5. The Deaf as a People Group Characteristics of the Deaf The Deaf as an Ethno-Linguistic People Group

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