http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/07/inuit-sign-language-gathering/ Language, linguistics, English, foreign languages, sign languages, humor/humour, comedy Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/07/inuit-sign-language-gathering/#comment-17633 2006 BSL Learn to Sign Week | Language and Humor Blog Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:52:03 +0000 http://languageandhumor.com/blog/?p=46#comment-17633 [...] British Sign Language isn’t related to American Sign Language. Not only are there different signs for the same concept, but the two languages also don’t use the same gestures for spelling names from written English. BSL has a two-handed system. ASL has a one-handed system developed from French Sign Language’s system (more on the history of FSL and ASL in my post Inuit Sign Language gathering). [...] [...] British Sign Language isn’t related to American Sign Language. Not only are there different signs for the same concept, but the two languages also don’t use the same gestures for spelling names from written English. BSL has a two-handed system. ASL has a one-handed system developed from French Sign Language’s system (more on the history of FSL and ASL in my post Inuit Sign Language gathering). [...]

]]> http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/07/inuit-sign-language-gathering/#comment-17631 2006 International Week of the Deaf | Language and Humor Blog Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:41:43 +0000 http://languageandhumor.com/blog/?p=46#comment-17631 [...] also have some American Sign Language and Nicaraguan Sign Language information in my post Inuit Sign Language gathering. This entry was posted in Foreign Languages, LANGUAGE, Sign Languages. Bookmark the permalink. [...] [...] also have some American Sign Language and Nicaraguan Sign Language information in my post Inuit Sign Language gathering. This entry was posted in Foreign Languages, LANGUAGE, Sign Languages. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

]]> http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/07/inuit-sign-language-gathering/#comment-17625 Inuit Sign Language and ASL recognition? | Language and Humor Blog Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:38:55 +0000 http://languageandhumor.com/blog/?p=46#comment-17625 [...] posted a few days ago about an Inuit Sign Language gathering in Nunavut, Canada. Now there’s talk about Nunavut giving legal recognition to both native [...] [...] posted a few days ago about an Inuit Sign Language gathering in Nunavut, Canada. Now there’s talk about Nunavut giving legal recognition to both native [...]

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