Deafness, Gesture and Sign Language in the 18th Century French Philosophy

Deafness, Gesture, and Sign Language in the 18th Century French Philosophy by Josef Fulka

Sign Language Studies ◽

10.1353/sls.2021.0009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 496-499

Author(s):

Edna Edith Sayers

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

18Th Century ◽

French Philosophy

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Gesture and signs through history

Gesture ◽

10.1075/gest.9.1.02sha ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 35-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yves Delaporte ◽

Emily Shaw

Keyword(s):

American Sign Language ◽

Sign Language ◽

18Th Century ◽

American Sign ◽

15Th Century ◽

The Face

One group of signs in French Sign Language (LSF) is described in the Dictionnaire des sourds-muets at the end of the 18th century as having in common the form of a cross, placed in front of the face. All of these signs have negative connotations. We identify the etymon of the signs as an emblematic gesture of hostility used by hearing people since the 15th century. Inherited from the hearing milieu, the gesture evolved into an important lexical family in use by the deaf in both LSF and its sister language, American Sign Language (ASL). At each step in the gesture’s evolution, two conceptual mechanisms explain changes in both form and meaning: economy of articulation and metaphorical abstraction. We show that latent meanings have been invested in the signs’ handshapes, placements, and movements, all of which were inherited from gestures of the hearing world.

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Glove Translates Sign Language Into Spoken Words

Leader Mag Digital Object Group ◽

10.1044/leader.nib3.25102020.15 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Spoken Words

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Understanding the Communication Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Who Are Deafblind

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig12.81 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (12) ◽

pp. 81-88

Author(s):

Sandy K. Bowen ◽

Silvia M. Correa-Torres

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽

Linguistically Diverse ◽

Spoken Language ◽

Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽

Alternative Communication ◽

Linguistically Diverse Students ◽

The Past ◽

Communication Needs ◽

Different Cultures

America's population is more diverse than ever before. The prevalence of students who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse (CLD) has been steadily increasing over the past decade. The changes in America's demographics require teachers who provide services to students with deafblindness to have an increased awareness of different cultures and diversity in today's classrooms, particularly regarding communication choices. Children who are deafblind may use spoken language with appropriate amplification, sign language or modified sign language, and/or some form of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

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