D/S and LING Revision Slides

D/S and LING REVISION 13 May 2025  Myths and assumptions Sign Language is universal Sign language is glorified gestures Reality is word-based Deaf people are disabled Deaf people are stupid Deaf people are stupid Deaf people can read lips Deaf people want to be cure...

D/S and LING REVISION 13 May 2025  Myths and assumptions Sign Language is universal Sign language is glorified gestures Reality is word-based Deaf people are disabled Deaf people are stupid Deaf people are stupid Deaf people can read lips Deaf people want to be cured Deaf people miss music Deaf people seldom give birth to Deaf babies  Different viewpoints Pathological view Cultural view Disabled and Unique with own imperfect language and with Deaf and dumb own culture  Important The causes of hearing loss Categories of hearing loss Conductive hearing loss Hard-of-hearing Sensory-neutral Deafened Pre-natal Peri-natal Born Deaf Post-natal How to produce a sign: Use your dominant hand for fingerspelling, one-handed signs. Both hands, the dominant hand carries out the main action, and the non-dominant hand performs the supporting action Both hands do exactly the same movement at the same time. PARAMETERS Signing space 5 Parameters Handform Orientation of the palm Movement Location Facial expression Sentence Structure: Sentence begins with time, SASL is not the same as a spoken language end with a verb (TOMORROW SASL has its own rules and grammar. I DOCTOR GO) I do not speak Afrikaans Sign Language or English Sign language. If it is a wh-question, wh- We do not have a question mark sign- question after the verb (YOU it is all on the face. DOCTOR GO WHEN) TSOVWH YOU ME HELP PLEASE TOSVWH Exception to the rule: When you sign, must, please, or thank you.  Sentence structure Time Subject Object Verb Wh-question Must/please  Examples of sentences I stay in Bloemfontein I OB STAY My mother works in the hospital. MOTHER MINE HOSPITAL WORK My brother is in grade 12 BROTHER MINE GRADE 12 My brother works at Checkers BROTHER MINE CHECKERS WORK. I wrote a test on Thursday THURSDAY I TEST WRITE  Examples 1. Hallo what is you name? HALLO NAME YOUR WHAT 2. My name is Sarah NAME MY S-A-R-A-H OR MY NAME S-A-R-A-H 3. What is your surname? SURNAME YOUR WHAT OR YOUR SURNAME WHAT Classifiers Classifiers are productive signs. Often stands in the place of a noun. They can show plurals, where something is, and how something moves. E.g A cat lying on the mat_______________ A cat climbing a tree________________ A person walking in a line______________ A car driving up and down______________ A pencil on the table___________________ Adverbs/ Adjectives  Example in SASL sentences: I stay in a big house. I HOUSE(BIG) STAY. I have to drive fast to get to the office. I OFFICE GO I DRIVE (FAST) My father has a red car and my mother a yellow car. FATHER CAR RED MOTHER CAR YELLOW I walk very slowly to work. I WORK WALK (SLOWLY(