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ASL 2005 - Linguistics of American Sign Language


Credits: 3

Surveys theory, methods and findings of linguistic research and how it relates to American Sign Language (ASL). A review of the historical views of ASL and the prominent people who have contributed to the acceptance of ASL as a modern language. Focus is on the comparison of English with ASL rules including but not limited to phonetics/parameters, syntax, grammatical structure and semantics.

Prerequisite: ASL 1001   and ASL 1002 , both with a ‘B’ or better, AND eligibility for ENG 1010  
Corequisite: ASL 2001  
Elective Code(s): LACU, LART
Previous ASL* 205