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Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Change

About this Course

In this course, we will explore how language changes over time. We know from documentation that early ASL does not look the same as it does today. The earliest indications suggest that it originated as gesture, but that’s not what people learn today. That’s because, as it was passed down, it evolved and changed. In this course, we will look at the historical data and discuss how the language changed.

Created by: Georgetown University

Level: Introductory


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