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Deaf frenchman who was educated in Paris and taught in Brazil then Mexico
MVV 1st Deaf man
Jonathan Lambert
1880
Milan conference supporting oralism/ AG Bell foundation/ National Association for the Deaf
1864
Abe signed treaty for 1st Deaf College
Mexican President who helped Deaf mexicans
Juarez
1869
30 Deaf schools in US
A single dialect was recognized in the US
1834
What percentage of Deaf school teachers were Deaf in 1800's US?
42%
Duality of Patterning
Duality of Patterning - Meaningful signs (words) are made of -- and distinguished from one another by -- meaningless parts (sounds, letters)
Traditional Transmission
Traditional Transmission - The learning of language occurs in social groups.
Productivity
Productivity - The ability to create new messages by combining already-existing signs.
Displacement
Displacement - The ability to talk about things that are not physically present.
Specialization
Specialization - Speech is produced for communication, not chiefly for some other function, such as echolocation.
Discreteness
Each unit of communication can be separated and unmistakable.
Arbitrariness
There is no direct connection between the signal and its meaning.
Semanticity
Speech sounds can be linked to specific meanings.
Total Feedback
ndividuals are able to hear and internalize a message they have sent.
Interchangeability
The speaker has the ability to receive and also send the same message.
Rapid Fading
The sound made by speech diminishes quickly after being released.
Broadcast Transmission and Directional Reception
The audible sound of language is heard in all directions but listeners will interpret it as coming from one specific direction
Vocal Auditory Channels
Spoken language is produced in the vocal tract and transmitted/heard as
sound, whereas sign language is produced with the hands and transmitted
by light
Author
brittainborek
ID
6940
Card Set
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Description
Sign languages and Signing Communities
Updated
2010-02-15T04:53:50Z
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