American Sign Language: The Complete History (ASL)
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- 🤟 Did you know that American Sign Language (ASL) wasn't born in the United States? That ASL is NOT actually English? Or that ASL is the third most-studied language in U.S. universities? These are but a few of the fascinating facts we cover in this ASL deep dive.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - The Origin Story
2:51 - A Linguistic Phenomenon
4:13 - A Visual Language
5:17 - Is ASL English?
5:56 - Who Speaks ASL Now?
7:56 - How Does ASL Work?
9:43 - The 5 Parameters of Sign
13:23 - Fingerspelling
16:01 - Basic Phrases
17:18 - Iconic Signs
17:50 - SimCom & Total Communication
19:16 - Lip Reading
20:44 - ASL Grammar
26:24 - ASL Isn’t ALL About Signs
29:56 - Reading & Writing? Oh, Yes!
31:06 - Accents, Creoles & Dialects
32:34 - ASL Culture & Idioms
33:14 - How Long Does It Take to Learn ASL?
34:14 - Sign Language Etiquette
37:22 - From Beginner to the Bomb!
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No shade to you Olly, but I’m curious about something.
Is there a reason why you decided not to feature a culturally Deaf person in this conversation? DHH folk, we live our lives having hearing folk speak for us, and even though, I (HoH), am oral and independent, I still feel better represented by someone who’s d/Deaf or HoH.
Like I get it if there we’re scheduling issues or maybe networking issues. It just would have been better to have invited a Deaf ASL user to do this video.
@averyhazen8466 I noticed this too. I was also wondering why he chose to use a hearing ASL instructor who profits off teaching sign language on UA-cam. I know she’s got degrees in interpreting and at least mentions respecting d/Deaf culture, but it felt awkward when there are plenty of excellent Deaf creators and educators on social media he could have given exposure to instead. I also notice you commented on this 8 months ago but never received a response from the Olly. Yet he says they worked very hard on the information in the video and welcomed feedback. Hmm. Disappointing but unfortunately all too common. Thanks for your post!
Oh… so you’re not gonna have an actual deaf person in this conversation, AND erase Native American history? What a shallow video 😅
If anyone wants to learn ASL. Bill vicars is the way to go, then go from there. ASL will change your life fully if you truly learn it it fluency. It’s a beautiful full language.
Good to see a polyglot youtuber finally covering a sign language. Some of the coolest and most beautiful languages in the world and most other youtubers don't even consider them. Props to you.
Thank you! Although I really don’t like the “polyglot UA-camr” label 😅 Can I have “language UA-camr” instead? 😅
@@storylearning Works for me! ✌😁
It was great chatting with you! Thanks for highlighting ASL. 🤟
Thank you so much for collaborating! Everyone go subscribe to Meredith’s channel right now!! 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
Subscribed!
It was great to see you on this video Meredith! I love your UA-cam channel.
You shouldn’t be teaching asl if you aren’t deaf
I really appreciated this video. I am Autistic and was selectively mute until I was 8. ASL is my second language. Sadly teachers made me stop using it and pushed me to talk so now I'm relearning it as an adult. I know this is a deaf language but thank you for saying autistic people use it too. Just because I can hear doesn't mean I can always talk. When I'm really tired or my traits are flaring it's such a relief to sign.
Olly, my dude! You have no idea how big of the smile this put on my face! A few years ago I actually got my degree in American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, and I never thought I would see the day where a main string language learning UA-camr would cover it. You always do things with so much care and depth! Thanks a lot! Te aprecio muchísimo!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
Do you use your degree?
Thanks so much for telling about ASL. My mom was an interpreter and raised me with Sign Language. It bothers me so much when people don't treat ASL like a real language. It is such a beautiful language and I hope many people will be able to discover that through this video!
Thanks for your comment!
My pleasure
I can't even say how happy and surprised I was when I saw your video! I'm Brazilian and I study Brazilian Sign Language (known here in Brazil as LIBRAS), and I love English (really really lol) So you can imagine how this video got my interest. I know how sign language can be thought as a non-language by most hearing people, and how sometimes it is not known by most people. Sign language is so beautiful, so interesting, I feel so happy to communicate with my deaf professor using his first language. Deaf people struggle a lot in the hearing world, and they have fought a lot throughout the years to have their language recognized as such. Thank you a lot for this video!!! By the way, I also love your other videos, before I started watching this one, I was going to watch one you made about English 😄 I really admire your passion of learning languages, it's so wonderful to use language as a form of transforming our perspectives about the world 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🇧🇷
Wow, thank you SO much for covering ASL 🥰 And, it's a STORY nonetheless, bravo 👏
It’s very much a story!
@@storylearning It's fascinating!! I continue to be amazed by the value of storytelling in language teaching 😲
Here in Sweden the hearing impaired kids go to a national boarding school where they have the better resources of small classes of 4 kids in one class and they’re taught spoken and written Swedish and Swedish sign language together because each kid has different needs. I’ve seen deaf teens gossiping signing with “smaller hand gestures” 😂 at least that’s how the SSL works. I also know in the Swedish deaf community everybody is given a personal sign nick to facilitate faster communication. There is also an international sign language that people use when talking to people from other countries. I’ve also learned to knock hard on the table to announce my presence or wanting something when being around deaf folks.
Sign languages are absolutely as complex as any other languages.
I love this video so much! I only have one thought to add, something I've learned myself: Deaf doesn't mean silent, by any means. Not only to I know that to be true through various experiences and interactions in life, but I know I have read/heard people who are Deaf/HOH say something like this before (I wish I had a link, for reference). So when you said, at the beginning of the video, it's "beautifully serene" to imagine a "silent world" on Martha’s Vineyard, it didn't make sense to me.
Deaf people don't necessarily have a "silent world" themselves because they can hear or perceive sounds and vibrations to various degrees, and esch person is different. For instance, a Deaf boy I used to know as a kiddo one day told me he had just realized that he could hear the bus' back-up signal.
Deaf people make noise while moving around, just like hearing people, and they also can make sounds with their hands while signing and sounds with their vocalizations as part of their signing. Some Deaf people speak, and some listen to loud music, as well. I was reminded of this when we were down in the area of Gallaudet University two months ago. It may seem quieter in one way (no constant/consistent vocal noise at every moment, like there is when people speak other languages), but if you go to a cafe with many Deaf people- don't expect it to be silent, or even as quiet as a library.
Yep. One time my husband and I went to a party where he was the only hearing person and he was just lost. And it was a very visually active party.
Years ago, I went to see a foreign film in a theater. It had subtitles. Behind me was a a deaf couple who were chatting away throughout the film. They seemed to be using sounds the way I would use gestures. Needless to say, a silent conversation it was not.
Love that the first thing you showed was from Sign Duo. Great channel. ASL is the second language I started studying and I love it. I'm still not where I want to be in either French or ASL, but when I lived in Paris I once briefly translated a meal order between an FSL customer (with their permission) and a French speaking restaurant employee. Quite the experience.
What a great experience!
As someone who’s been learning ASL for almost 2 years this was an awesome video!
Wonderful to see you talking about sign language. I’m a Swedish sign language user and it’s interesting to see the parallels between ASL and SSL. I’d say 90% of the grammar points brought up in this video have equivalents in SSL. Sweden also had its own L’epee called Pär-Aron Borg who created the Swedish sign language alphabet, Pär later travelled to Portugal to teach sign language there. Therefore Portuguese sign is very closely related to Swedish sign, along with Finnish sign, since Finland was a part of Sweden back when Pär was teaching.
We have a deaf translator at church and I've never understood why he also translates the songs when the lyrics is on the screen, now I finally understand it's because understanding dutch sign language doesn't mean you understand dutch (I'm dutch btw)
This video came up the perfect time. I just enrolled in an ASL interpreter program and so excited for it. 😀💕
Sign languages are amazing, I took 2 months of lessons and I was amazed at how I was able to understand a movie description.
I’m loving learning ASL and I’m so glad you made this video. I’m also glad signed languages are finally starting to be recognised as every bit a real language as spoken languages.
Cheers Nicole!
Cheers Nicole!
My son's first language was ASL, and we switched it to SEE (Sign Exact English) when he turned to 4 years old to learn to speak in his school. We now use ASL when he struggles with lip reading, or we are in crowded loud places. My kids even get signs to each other to talk "behind" people's backs. 😁 I learn ASL as a child myself on the west coast, so my son learning in Minnesota meant a bit of different signs. I used ASL almost everyday in my job once we moved to Minnesota. We are surrounded by a beautiful Deaf community.
Thank you so much for putting this together! I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends.
Loved the video! Just finished my second asl class in college! It's such a beautiful language and it's cool to see you cover it just like any spoken language!
I asked for this video a while ago. So happy ypu did it. I learned so much. Awesome 👌🏼
That was incredible!! I loved hearing about ASL story and so many nuances and details on the language. I wish there was material like this about LIBRAS
True, ASL verbs do not inflect for tense, but the DO inflect very, very heavily for aspect like the Slavic languages.
I find sign languages just as fascinating as spoken languages. I knew nothing about them until recently, I thought it was kind of like a witing system where its only meant to be a one-to-one thing. Finding out there are different ones across the world and that they even have their own structure, its all so interesting! I really want to learn Signed English and ASL, and down the line another one too. Oh goodness I have too many languages aspirations hahahaha.
Great job, this is very interesting content. Bravo 👏
I prefer “re-enabled” to “disabled”. It focuses on the time spent, the life lived, learning, practicing, and honing to nuanced perfection clever workarounds for abilities commonly taken for granted rather than a single moment where a developmental process diverged or a set of circumstances resulted in long term injury. No moment can define a person so well as every moment since. -Phill, Las Vegas
Yeah, but "disability" unites all different groups together and is a greater political force. "Re-enabled" just reinforces the stigma around the word "disability", thus hurting everyone.
I'm so glad ASL is finally getting more recognition! I took it up about 15 years ago rarely people outside the deaf community knew how to use it... It's an amazing language, and culture..and never heard of any polyglots listing it as a language for them or bringing attention to it. Kudos!!!!! I'm impressed! I speak to varying degrees, french, Spanish, ASL, Italian, German and English.
Amazingly video!
Keep up the great content!
English speaking countries have way more than just three sign languages. BSL and ASL are two representatives of some of the major sign language families (Auslan is in the same family as BSL), but they're far from the only ones.
I studied ASL but only retained finger spelling now. Hehe.
Still very useful!
What an inspiring video ! Arigato, Olly san !
What a great video! I’m learning my first second language now, French, but I’m already dreaming about learning ASL next. (Do you think knowing French might help me at all?) I’ve seen incorrect ideas about sign languages in the comments on some language learning channels - like that they’re not ‘real’ languages or that they are just hand versions of the local spoken language - and I appreciate you and Meredith teaching us more. Love the deep dive!
No, knowing French (spoken and written) isn't really going to help you. Knowing the grammar rules will help you figure out what ASL grammar rules are but there isn't really a direct correlation.
I am a native ASL user, spoken French will not help at all. However, There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between American Sign Language and French Sign Language. If you're in the States I wouldn't recommend learning French Sign Language, but it's an interesting thing to observe for me as a native ASL user. I've been to France and have observed people using French Sign Language and could understand around 95% of what they were saying.
@@gregcoogan8270 @lolajl Thank you both sharing your info! Especially from a native ASL user - I would have liked to hear more from native users in this video. I bet that was such a fascinating experience to be able to understand so much on your visit to France! Now y’all have me dreaming about learning French, then ASL, then LSF!
I was just thinking about sign languages in the whole language learning thing a couple days ago. I realized how it’s not really as common for people to learn unfortunately.
I learned it and rarely ever used it. So I dont study anymore
It was very interesting and I must admit I didn't know much about sign languages. My friend who has impared hearing teached me some letters in sign language in childhood, but since she could hear with hearing aids, she didn't use sign language.
I've always wondered how precise deaf people can show information with their hands. These differences in expressing running style... I feel like a talking stone comparing to face and hands expressions of ASL.
Thanks for your work!
Thank you Irina!
Great info. Thanks
Wow! I was wondering when Olly was going to do a video on sign language. I’m learning BSL and have also learnt a bit of makaton.
My major at University was ASL... Great to see it highlighted here!
Good video and explained some things for me. I’ve been mostly learning on UA-cam because the bar I work at has a large deaf clientele, so it’s been rather helpful. Though I find Meredith’s videos a little slow over for me to learn from, I’m sure other people find them very helpful.
Thank you so much for doing a video on ASL! It’s a fascinating language, and the culture is fascinating, too. I’ve been studying ASL since last year, and I’ve also worked with Deaf in Kenya and Uganda. (Their sign languages are related to ASL but have a lot of differences, too.)
I loved that you had Meredith on. She’s great. I’m using her materials.
A small correction - you referred to sign language as non-verbal. Since non-verbal technically means without words, that’s not correct. Sign language is verbal but non-vocal.
There are also "onomatopoeia"s in ASL! Demonstrating the "appearance" of a sound. Or vibration. Like a dog's growl. Or the "pop" of lightning
Olly- I’ve enjoyed watching your videos about learning different languages. As a Deaf person, I appreciate you giving ASL some recognition on your channel. I particularly enjoyed when you explain the history of how ASL began, which is not something that comes up very much on UA-cam.
My only issue is that a hearing person should not be teaching ASL. That is considered a form of cultural appropriation. The reason is because ASL is a native language for many Deaf people in North America, and hearing people have many more employment opportunities available to them than Deaf people do. Even if no profit is made, such as on UA-cam, teaching a language should be done by those who have native proficiency because of each language’s nuances. It’s not limited to hearing people, because some Deaf people would not make ideal ASL teachers either, due to the fact that many do not learn ASL until later in life and never develop that native proficiency.
Although I can see Meredith is fluent, I did notice a couple errors, such as her sign for a horse galloping. The movement of her sign meant a horse leaping.
Another way to describe a horse’s movement would be to use fists pointed downwards to represent hooves, which is also a good way to show the heavy hooves pounding on the ground. In the same vein, you would use claw hands to represent the movement of animals with claws like dogs, bears, or tigers.
Aside from that, Meredith was very accurate in her explanation of the five parameters of ASL. Overall, it was a great video and very informative, particularly for those who are new to the language. Great job!
As a language teacher and learner myself, I really don't agree with this. Meredith teaching ASL doesn't in any way take away employment opportunities from deaf people, because she started her own thing. It would be different if it were a job for hire; however, it isn't a job for hire and that means Meredith is adding value and awareness to a beautiful, misunderstood and under-represented language. This is awesome! Should only first language English speakers be allowed to teach English? While you do get people who learn faster when only the target language is being used, there are thousands who learn better with explanations in their own language -- most of all when they have no real opportunities for immersion within the community where they live. For an adult hearing person to start learning ASL with no audio or written explanations -- that would be really hard and it would be so limiting. I think we should embrace second-language teachers who are getting it right. And just like Meredith said in this video, encourage immersion within the culture whenever possible. 🙂
I agree with JMWild. I also would like to add that there is absolutely a place for ASL to English translation. The fact of life is many youtube viewers are not going to care nearly as much about beautiful languages such as ASL if they don’t first hear about it and have it explained in their native language by an excellent communicator. You also are assuming her background. She very well could be on the spectrum and ASL was her first language. Or she could have a child who is deaf. If this was the case, your behavior towards her is inexcusable.
ASL is the language of the Deaf in North America. It has been co-opted by other groups for their own use but it is the language of the Deaf. Everything she said could have been explained better by an actual Deaf person who is also a qualified teacher. There are no shortage of them available especially in the interconnected world of the internet. She is placing herself, a hearing person, as the authority on deafness and the primary unifying characteristic of the Deaf Community, use of ASL. She not only has lessons she has merchandise, shirts, hats, etc making a lot of money off of learning this language that is not her own. Those in the Deaf Community are for the most part not supportive of this especially when much more qualified experts, who are actually Deaf, are available.
Very much focused on spoken languages at the moment, but BSL has been on my list of things to learn for some time. My wife's family has someone who's deaf and it'd be great to communicate with her.
I used to be an exam invigilator several years ago and whilst invigilating an exam for deaf students, I managed to teach myself to fingerspell. Sadly I've forgotten it all, which shows you need to keep practising things like that.
Great video!
I want to learn ASL to help me in my work with disabled children, but I myself have disabilities (CP and autism) that affect my hand-eye coordination and social skills (including making/interpreting facial expressions). Do any of you have tips for learning ASL with these difficulties?
Thank you Olly, this helps a lot.
Now cover the creole sign language of Nicaragua!
What a challenge!
i’m inspired to give ASL a go. this is an amazing video on the language 👏🏼
The tidbit about the silent serenity on Martha's Vineyard reminds me of a situation some of my friends and I found ourselves in whilst barhopping in Manhattan. We wound up in an establishment that was playing good music, the drinks were good, but then we realized something was different. After discretely looking around seeing multiple groups of people signing I leaned into one of my friends and told him "I think we're in a deaf bar." After about an hour we moved on. As we were leaving I noticed a pair of young ladies, a blonde and a brunette and one leaned into the other and said what I did verbatim. It was an interesting experience to say the least.
WOW! That was the most fascinating and interesting video I have seen in a very long time. Please do a follow up! I constantly had to rewind, because my mind went on tangents.
Some thoughts:
- are there 3d motion capture libraries for asl?
- are there more space efficient alphabets for ASL - for example something similar to a musical score notation (where vertical arrangements means multiple features/actions at the same time )? because I cannot imagine learning to read words based on an alphabet based on phonetics. and what about alphabets that are not phonetic. Are they less of a hassle?
- how do you interpret written language in your brain when you are deaf?
- a picture in picture ASL subtitle would have been the cherry on top.
- there was this deaf carpenter. He had a lisp.
- the german word for deaf is taub. I have heard that it is not well liked by the deaf community because it also means numb and the proper name should be "gehörlos" (hearingless) but I don't know if that is true.
ASL: "Train go, sorry"
ENGLISH: "You missed the boat"
Things have changed in teaching methodology since I took ASL for two years in college in 1982-83 in Southern California.
I still have my textbooks "American Sign Language -- by Dennis Cokely and Charlotte Baker ". I think they're first edition of the well known "Green Book" series.
The "parameters" concept was not codified then; it makes perfect sense now, but it was presented very differently in terms of how the grammar works.
The course uses the concept of a "gloss" as the main subject indicated by raised eyebrows of the phrase/sentence, and how that main sign plus the location and facial expression communicated the intended meaning.
I am a person that have been having allot of hearing loss from my time as A United States Combat vet. And over the last 2 to 3 esta I have lost allot of my high frequency hearing so I have been trying to learn asl, so I have all forms of communication, as person with severe hearing loss, at my disposal.
I thank you for doing this video. And would ask if you would please do a whole detailed series on the grammatical structure of ASL?
Thank you!
Albanian sign languange
Gigachad sign language
Hi, I’m working on my bachelors in ASL and deaf studies right now. No one uses Signwriting, glossing is just for interpreters. Most deaf people know English for reading and writing.
I’m really disappointed about the lack of mention of culture and the lack of a real Deaf person talking about the language. The only people who have a right to teach ASL is cultural Deaf people, CODA’s, and interpreters who are certified. This was almost a really cool video!
I am a retired Certified ASL Interpreter and found Old French Sign in the very rural isolated deaf communities of the Louisiana Bayou's, there was another form of OLD Sign was identified in at the Schools for the Deaf in Nebraska and Iowa
-- While this video has a lot of excellent information there are some production issues that make it hard to watch. Primarily that the person is wearing a white shirt sitting in front of a white wall, providing very little contrast to the signing space. Any hand movement that moves forward/backward/ off to the side in one direction or the other, when done as the word is spoken are coming through as very blurred. The closer the signing hand comes to the camera the more blurry it gets.
-- ASL sign order is "NAME", MINE {is "MY" with emphasis on self) Finger-spell name
-- Sim-Com is acceptable in mixed Deaf/Hearing settings, or with people who need both the spoken word and signs simultaneous.
- one Oral Deaf friend explained to me that Lip reading is highly inaccurate as, Paper, baby, maybe look the same on the mouth. An older person has a better chance of being an accurate speech reader as they have gradually picked up the skill as their hearing fades.
-- Btw in he last few decades England has developed a signing system and let t he 2 handed manual take a back seat.
--" i really love you" appeared back in the very late 90's as a community generated sign. The same with many technology based signs used today.
-- You stand in front of them before you begin any attempt to gain their attention. Nothing ruder than being startled by someone coming up behind you and touching you.
-- People can be Culturally DEAF, fully embracing the language and culture regardless of the amount of hearing they have. People who are medically deaf but not part of the community are not accepted into the DEAF community unless they have made the effort to learn about it.
Ang galing!😮
First to comment and great video i learned a lot
Literally had a dream last night there was a girl in trouble. So distraught. I wanted to help her so bad but she only communicated in ASL. I had no idea what she was saying and she started sobbing. I promised id learn ASL. So weird this vid came out.
In the 10th century, Cistercian monks in England had to observe silence during meals. They even had to all sit on one side of the table to discourage conversation.
So how did you say "Please pass the potatoes?
There are Cistercian monastery sign lists dating back to the 11th century, including one in Latin with127 signs. The lists were comprised of nouns, so actions/verbs.
The monks had even developed some sign language for dealing with people outside the monastery.
Modern Cistercians use a more developed sign language today which includes verbs and abstractions.
Olly, this was an excellent presentation. Thanks.
No Olly, Martha’s Vineyard, is just off the coast of Massachusetts, not Connecticut.
I propose that the sheet with weird figures at the beginning of the video is a book in ASL. Hmm... Never had such thought.
A lot of good information for hearing people. It would be great to have a Deaf person, split screen to show contrast between ASL/ Signed English.
can u talk about AASL next (ancient albanian sign language)
What about the deaf blind? How do they manage? Are they isolated? I wonder if the deaf community feels that the deaf blind are also a part of their culture, or maybe they simply don’t care to communicate because of the barrier caused by a lack of the sense of sight.
What do you think?
There are ways that people can modify their signs so that they can communicate with Deaf Blind people that focuses on feeling hand shapes and body movements instead of using sight.
Look up Protactile ASL. It is new, developing language for Deaf-Blind people. Absolutely fascinating!
Eighteenth sentury: the beginning of American Sign Language started by a Frenchman. Fascinating. A mix of cultures and nationalities.
...and now you have to find a way to make learning ASL throught stories (I'm thinking videos here obviously) this will be awesome.
Personnally I'm trying LSQ (Langue des Signes du Quebec) but it's hard to find online ressources cuz it's a much smaller community than those who use LSF wich is wider spread in "la francophonie"
But yep, is my new polyglot goal to learn at least the basic of sign language as a personnal challenge and, as Meredith said (btw her channel is awesome I'm learning ASL faster than LSQ thanks to her lol) they are a very isolated community and I've been isolated most of my life (by choice or karma) so I kinda get the feeling.
interesting thanks
Kinda salty that New Yorkers are known for speaking fast AND signing fast.
Bon boulot Olly ! Vous avez lu le livre "Deaf Utopia" de Nyle DiMarco ?
4:18-4:28 My 2 favorite languages in the world!? (Italian 🇮🇹 and ASL 🫶🏽)
1. 6th. Is it pronounced "sickth" or "sixth"? 2. Have you heard of labanotation? It's a method for writing dance movements.
I was scrolling to see if you’ve done a video on BSL, which written documentary evidence goes back to a wedding in Leicester in 1576 ish.
How would comprehensive input and histories work in a sign language?
I suppose it would be watching people/movies/other visual media.
I always thought that Sign Language in the English typical sentence structure was referred to as PSE or it was similar?
24:18
my favorite part
its called SEE language not necessarily broken english but its starting to be popular
I know that she said that you shouldn't call deaf people "mute", but would that be an acceptable thing to say to a person that cannot speak, but they can hear?
I think a lot of people would say "non verbal".
I'm interested in learning a sign language, as a Swedish person I'm conflicted between learning Swedish sign language or ASL
Can you try AASL (Ancient Albanian Sign Language)
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TRAIN GO SORRY was signed incorrectly. You really should invite a Deaf native user of ASL to avoid these kinds of mistakes.
20:48 - oh, that's not quit right. It might seem so on the surface, but it's super misleading to say that ASL is SVO: the topic-comment description is much more correct, giving it a structure closer to that of Japanese, even if the verb position isn't at the end like in Japanese. Topic-comment languages can swap the position of the subject and object depending on which is salient, i.e., the topic.
Right after that Olly said the word order is flexible, Keith.
Many of the earlier settlers of Martha's Vinyard came from Cornwall, which had a very high incidence of hereditary Deafness and therefore had their own sign language which travelled with them. I suspect the sign language used in Cornwall had little influence of BSL. Why? Most ASL speakers today can understand 30-40% of modern French sign language but only 10-20% of British sign language... and most of those BSL signs are iconic.
The alphabet can be learned in one day. Practice by spelling three letter words, then 4 letter words all day, then vowel words for the change frequency. Bill vicars... He's amazing as well! He is Deaf and teaches on UA-cam.
I would learn Peruvian sign language where I'm from but there are very few resources and the only reason to learn a language is to flirt and exclude people from conversations
Maybe I am worng. But i tend to think sign languages tend to be less abstract
Then the spoken languages.
Am i wrong?
In terms of communication and thinking
What are spiceal advantages
You think that "SL" got?
Define "abstract". When you speak, the combination of sounds you use are a kind of sonic sign. When you write, the words do much the same thing. Signing, like speech and written language, are merely medium, and much of language is independent of the meaning parts of language. You can understand what I'm writing right now without hearing me say it: you understand one set of symbols - spoken words - as equivalent to their written equivalent. Thus it is with sign languages, except the symbols are gestures.
So yes, you're mistaken, and sign languages are just as capable of abstraction as spoken language, because the minds communicating with them are just as capable of abstraction.
As far as special advantages go, there's only one, but it's an important one: you don't have to be able to hear to understand one.
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I didnt say it's not capable of.
But how can I say it.... Hmmmm.
When describe something with more of a visual way.
And describing how far something in a more visual way. Then it has more form.
And in general maybe can be less abstract. And it's about all froms of communication not just "SL".
@@Zzoooooop as someone fluent in American Sign Language, it’s abstract in the way a picture can be abstract. It’s a visual language, you can create any concept or picture you want inside ASL. I’ve seen some signers that it’s truly like watching a movie, you can see everything.
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Thank you.
"A little off Connecticut is an island called Martha's Vineyard."
Wow
U can't just only lipread, u have to know the sign language in order to reply. U don't just wanna hear other communicate, you'd want to express yourself as well, I assume.
ASL had a totally different meaning "back in the day"
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Didn’t there used to be (or is there still) something called Signed American English? More a word-for-word signed English than the more conceptual ASL.
I’m curious to why native speakers are not explaining ASL.
Could be, this is an example of hearing appropriation of Deaf language & culture. 🤔
He said a cuss word, I'm telling my mommy.
The actual history section of this video was severely lacking in comparison to your other history of xyz-language videos...
After hearing the phrase "just like any other language" for the 50th time it starts to sound like the language in question has to prove its legitimacy.
As a first introduction to ASL this video serves the purpose... However, I don't personally think it was particularly successful as a "Complete History of" video...a part 2 would be great (despite how poorly this video performed for you.)
Probably 20 to 50 versions of sign language around the world?
Olly, you are GOD! And my NBF Nyle DiMarco would agree. great, great work!
If asl finger spelling is its own thing then why do they represent English letters instead of say thai or African letters?
Love the video, but it left out the Native American Sign Languages that influenced ASL.
The manual was from the Spanish, eas it not?