Writing Signed Languages: What For? What Form?

Grushkin, Donald A.

doi:10.1353/aad.2017.0001

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“…The limitations of NorthEuraLex is due to the lack of a standardized printed form for many signed languages (Grushkin 2017). No printed form, means no inclusion in the database, means no analysis that can be generalized to languages per se, and the field remains focused on spoken languages alone because spoken languages via orthographies are easier to analyze.…”

Section: A Crip Linguistics Recognizes That Languaging Is Multi-modalmentioning

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Unsettling Languages, Unruly Bodyminds: Imaging a Crip Linguistics

Henner¹,

Robinson²

2021

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People use languages in different ways. Some people use language to help find other people like them. Many people use language in specific ways because of how their body and mind work. Sometimes a person’s environment and material conditions forces them to use language in a certain way. However, when someone languages outside of what people think is normal, others can think that they are bad with language or are not as smart or are broken. We are trying to point out that no one is actually ‘bad with language.’ Our goal with this paper is to help people understand that no language is bad. It is okay to want to change your own language use if it will make you feel better. But no one should make you feel bad about your language. We need a bigger and more flexible understanding of what language is and what it communicates about a bodymind’s capacity.

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Section: A Crip Linguistics Recognizes That Languaging Is Multi-modalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unsettling Languages, Unruly Bodyminds: Imaging a Crip Linguistics

Henner¹,

Robinson²

2021

Preprint

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“…For several reasons we therefore argue that it is simply wrong to equate cameras and pencils. A very good and articulate multi-fold discussion is provided by Grushkin on this topic [14], in the first half of his article.…”

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“…Grushkin [14] is one of the rare authors we found to present Chinese logography seriously and discuss some of its benefits. He even reports on findings telling that deaf Chinese readers have less difficulty reading logographs than the English do strings of alphabetical letters [31], which is a door wide open on logography for SL writing.…”

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A Human–Editable Sign Language Representation Inspired by Spontaneous Productions . . . and a Writing System?

Filhol¹

2020

Sign Language Studies

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To equip SL with software properly, we need an input system to represent and manipulate signed contents in the same way that every day software allows to process written text. Refuting the claim that video is good enough a medium to serve the purpose, we propose to build a representation that is: editable, queryable, synthesisable and user-friendly-we define those terms upfront. The issue being functionally and conceptually linked to that of writing, we study existing writing systems, namely those in use for vocal languages, those designed and proposed for SLs, and more spontaneous ways in which SL users put their language in writing. Observing each paradigm in turn, we move on to propose a new approach to satisfy our goals of integration in software. We finally open the prospect of our proposition being used outside of this restricted scope, as a writing system in itself, and compare its properties to the other writing systems presented.

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“…The argument in favor of developing WSL and employing it as an instructional tool, based largely on Cummin's linguistic interdependence hypothesis [181], is that WSL will help deaf readers to develop phonological en/decoding skills in their signed L1 and that these skills will then be more readily transferable to phonological en/decoding skills in their written L2. Grushkin [182], a proponent of WSL as an instructional tool, argues further that, even if language segments beyond the phoneme (i.e., semantic, morphological, or syntactic) turn out to be more essential to deaf readers than phonemes, WSL would still be effective in helping to make the linguistic differences between signed and spoken language more readily apparent in a static format. Other researchers in the field argue that the use of WSL in literacy instruction for bilingual deaf students lacks a strong theoretical base [183][184][185].…”

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“…As of yet, however, there is no research evidence available to answer the question that Grushkin himself poses: "Does the development of writing for signed languages hold any true benefits for Deaf people, as individuals and as a community?" [182] (p. 521).…”

Section: What Is the Nature Of The 'Bridge' From Sign To Print?mentioning

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Deaf Children as ‘English Learners’: The Psycholinguistic Turn in Deaf Education

Howerton-Fox

Falk²

2019

Education Sciences

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The purpose of this literature review is to present the arguments in support of conceptualizing deaf children as ‘English Learners’, to explore the educational implications of such conceptualizations, and to suggest directions for future inquiry. Three ways of interpreting the label ‘English Learner’ in relationship to deaf children are explored: (1) as applied to deaf children whose native language is American Sign Language; (2) as applied to deaf children whose parents speak a language other than English; and (3) as applied to deaf children who have limited access to the spoken English used by their parents. Recent research from the fields of linguistics and neuroscience on the effects of language deprivation is presented and conceptualized within a framework that we refer to as the psycholinguistic turn in deaf education. The implications for developing the literacy skills of signing deaf children are explored, particularly around the theoretical construct of a ‘bridge’ between sign language proficiency and print-based literacy. Finally, promising directions for future inquiry are presented.

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Writing Signed Languages: What For? What Form?

Cited by 16 publications

References 70 publications

Unsettling Languages, Unruly Bodyminds: Imaging a Crip Linguistics

Unsettling Languages, Unruly Bodyminds: Imaging a Crip Linguistics

A Human–Editable Sign Language Representation Inspired by Spontaneous Productions . . . and a Writing System?

Deaf Children as ‘English Learners’: The Psycholinguistic Turn in Deaf Education

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