你将学到什么
Describe how ASL looked like in its inception
Describe influences on the grammar of ASL by consistent contact with the English language
Describe syntax and morphology in early ASL
Describe what scholars of 19th century ASL know about ASL grammar
Compare trends of change along the timeline of ASL evolution
课程概况
In this course, we will explore how language changes over time. We know from documentation that early ASL does not look the same as it does today. The earliest indications suggest that it originated as gesture, but that’s not what people learn today. That’s because, as it was passed down, it evolved and changed. In this course, we will look at the historical data and discuss how the language changed.
