Comparative Analysis of American Sign Language to English

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Three lecture. Enhanced study of the fundamental principles and cognitive processing of American Sign Language. Includes a further study of the Deaf community and Deaf culture. Students will be able to: discuss the role of the classifiers in American Sign Language; discuss the linguistic aspects of verb modulation/inflection; explain the functions of eye-indexing, pronominalization, compounding, contracting, sign space referents, facial grammar, relative clauses and conjunctions; list three critical components of language; diagram and describe the sign language continuum of manually coded English, Rochester Method; American Sign Language; Pidgin Sign Language, and oral; discuss basic comparisons between American Sign Language and English semantics, morphology, phonology, and syntax; discuss American Sign Language as a living language including historical changes of American Sign Language, current trends, and future predictions; read, write, and explain the role of basic gloss transcription; and produce an American Sign Language research paper demonstrating necessary research writing skills using an approved discipline related style format. Prerequisite(s): ASL 202 with a grade of C or better and ENG 102 Grading Option: May be taken for S/U credit.