Announcements
New Fall 2016 MOOC course - 'Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change'
We are pleased to announce that we are working with Georgetown's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) to develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) course about the history, heritage, and linguistics of American Sign Language. The course is titled, 'Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change' and will be available in Fall 2016. For more information about the MOOC course, please visit the CNDLS website.
We are also recruiting signing models to be featured in the homework exercises of our MOOC. Please contact us using the contact form below if you are interested! Please include your experience with ASL and whether if you are deaf or hearing. The filming should take place in June.
We are also recruiting signing models to be featured in the homework exercises of our MOOC. Please contact us using the contact form below if you are interested! Please include your experience with ASL and whether if you are deaf or hearing. The filming should take place in June.
Sign Language Archaeology Available for Purchase
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Dr. Ted Supalla's book, written in collaboration with Patricia Clark of the University of Rochester, is now available for purchase from Gallaudet University Press! The book can be purchased here.
"This volume documents the history and development of American Sign Language (ASL). It describes its roots in French Sign Language and draws on films produced by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) between 1910 and 1920 and early sign language dictionaries to illustrate the transformation of early ASL into modern ASL. It details the language plan created by NAD leaders to preserve the original form of signing that reflected the sign language of the founders; the biographies of each sign master and their contributions to the films; the lexicon and morphology of early ASL; the history of dactylology and its role and influence in the morphological system and the loan-sign and name-sign systems; and the historical context for the grammar of early ASL. It documents the literacy legacy of the deaf American voice, discussing the literary skills of sign masters on public oratory and at banquets; the use of sign language at the beginning of the Dark Period; folk vs. scientific etymology in the history of ASL; the evolution of morphological processes in ASL; and the varieties of ASL that disappeared or survived the Dark Period and their impact today." - ProtoView |
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Intern Olga Nuutinen on Historical Finnish Sign Language
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Our intern, Olga Nuutinen from University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has completed her project on Historical Finnish Sign Language, which can be seen here. The Hirn family documented signs of their sign language and compiled them into an unfinished book, parts of which were found at the Gallaudet Archives. Take a look into her project by going here.
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Highlights and Videos of the Roundtable Conference on the Stewardship of Sign Language Heritage
June 6, 2015
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A Georgetown University Reflective Engagement in the Public Interest Project
Lohrfink Auditorium in the Rafik B. Hariri Building on the campus of Georgetown University 3700 O St., N.W., Washington D.C Introduction by Dr. Ted Supalla Link to videos here |
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