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  2. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    LOVE CHILD FATHER LOVE CHILD "The father loves the child." However, other word orders may also occur since ASL allows the topic of a sentence to be moved to sentence-initial position, a phenomenon known as topicalization. In object–subject–verb (OSV) sentences, the object is topicalized, marked by a forward head-tilt and a pause: CHILD topic, FATHER LOVE CHILD topic, FATHER LOVE "The ...

  3. Talk:New Zealand Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    If this language is like ASL, most of this section is mistaken or misleading. ASL suffered under many of the same misapprehensions seemingly present in this section for much of its history. It is not hard for a skilled interpreter to keep up with a speaker without leaving out any information in ASL and probably not in this sign language either.

  4. American Sign Language grammar - Wikipedia

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    It has been claimed that tense in ASL is marked adverbially, and that ASL lacks a separate category of tense markers. [39] However, Aarons et al. (1992, 1995) argue that " Tense " (T) is indeed a distinct category of syntactic head , and that the T node can be occupied either by a modal (e.g. SHOULD) or a lexical tense marker (e.g. FUTURE-TENSE ...

  5. Varieties of American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    ASL (with a possible mix of Signed English) was introduced in 1960, a few years after Ghanaian Sign Language, by Andrew Foster, a deaf African-American missionary, thereby raising a signing system some scholars have referred to as a dialect of ASL. Deaf education in Nigeria was based on oral method and existing indigenous sign languages were ...

  6. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Hello in ASL (American Sign Language) Another variation of hello in ASL (American Sign Language) Sign languages exploit the unique features of the visual medium (sight), but may also exploit tactile features (tactile sign languages). Spoken language is by and large linear; only one sound can be made or received at a time.

  7. American manual alphabet - Wikipedia

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    ASL Fingerspelling Online Advanced Practice Tool Test and improve your receptive fingerspelling skills using this free online resource. Fingerspelling Beginner's Learning Tool Learn the basic handshapes of the fingerspelled alphabet. Manual Alphabet and Fingerspelling Further information, fingerspelling Tips and video example of ASL Alphabet.

  8. Profanity in American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL), the sign language used by the deaf community throughout most of North America, has a rich vocabulary of terms, which include profanity.Within deaf culture, there is a distinction drawn between signs used to curse versus signs that are used to describe sexual acts.

  9. Signing Exact English - Wikipedia

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    SEE-II models much of its sign vocabulary from American Sign Language (ASL), but modifies the handshapes used in ASL in order to use the handshape of the first letter of the corresponding English word. [2] SEE-II is not considered a language itself like ASL; rather it is an invented system for a language—namely, for English. [3] [4]