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Diverse Types of Sign Language Worldwide

Explore the various forms of sign language, including ASL, PSE, and SEE, each with unique characteristics and applications. Discover differences in structure, vocabulary, and cultural influences of signed languages globally.

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Diverse Types of Sign Language Worldwide

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  1. Types of Sign Language By Anne Cassell

  2. 3 Forms of Sign Language • ASL • PSE • SEE

  3. ASL: American Sign Language • Visual language • Speech-reading and listening skills are not needed to learn this fluently • Very graphic; causing it to be more understanding of concepts • Free-flowing, natural language • TIME+TOPIC+COMMENT structure

  4. PSE: Pidgin Signed English • Vocabulary is drawn from ASL but is written in English word order • Words that do not carry info get thrown out • Endings such as –ed –ing get thrown out too • Simpler than ASL or SEE

  5. SEE: Signing Exact English • Child has an opportunity to expand vocabulary • More comfortable for English-speaking parents • requires more signing time the PSE

  6. Other Signed Languages: • Francophone African Sign Language: French influenced ASL • Moroccan Sign Language: less than a 50% similarity with ASL • Sudanese Sign Language: government proposal to unify local languages

  7. Francophone African Sign Language:

  8. Moroccan Sign Language:

  9. Sudanese Sign Language:

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