NEW! Ling 373: Topics – Sign Language Linguistics
Laura Horton
TR 8:00-9:15
Level: Intermediate
Requisite: Ling 101/301
Introduction and overview of the linguistics of sign languages, signing communities, and perceptions of deaf people and sign languages. Topics will include: the grammar of sign languages, their use in signing communities, patterns in the transmission and acquisition of sign languages, and the emergence of new sign languages. No knowledge of American Sign Language is required.