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The learning demands for ASL and cueing can be very different depending on the age and established language of the learner. This video tutorial explores several of factors.

Comparisons between American Sign Language and cueing fail to recognize that one is a language while the other is a manual modality. Understanding the distinction between languages and their physical means of transmission is essential.

The rules that govern the assembly of morphemes is referred to as syntax. This is casually (and less precisely) referred to as 'word order' in English. This brief video tutorial looks at some of the ways morphemes can be combined in ASL to make more complex utterances.

Signed languages contain meaningful units, morphemes, just as spoken languages do. The modality of signing allows some morphemes to occur simultaneously instead of sequentially.

Words in spoken languages sometimes have intrusive sounds that occur in transition between phonemes. This phenomenon also can occur in cued languages as hand shapes occur in transition. These intrusive sounds/handshapes do not carry phonemic value, but are simply unavoidable products of the modality being used.

This video by Dr. Kelly Crain explores some of the parameters that are used in ASL phonology. Allophonic variation is also discussed.

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