American Sign Language: The Complete History (ASL)

https://bit.ly/freeslkit_aslhistory 🤟 Did you know that American Sign Language (ASL) wasn't born in the United States? That ASL is NOT actually English? Or that ASL is the third most-studied language in U.S. universities? These are but a few of the fascinating facts we cover in this ASL deep dive.

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Special thanks to Meredith from ‪@LearnHowtoSign‬ for helping tell the tale of ASL!

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📚 RESOURCES:

American Sign Language: What You Need To Know And Why It’s Unique
👉 https://bit.ly/slbasl

Meredith's ASL website
👉 https://learnhowtosign.org

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
0:45 - The Origin Story
2:51 - A Linguistic Phenomenon
4:13 - A Visual Language
5:17 - Is ASL English?
5:56 - Who Speaks ASL Now?
7:56 - How Does ASL Work?
9:43 - The 5 Parameters of Sign
13:23 - Fingerspelling
16:01 - Basic Phrases
17:18 - Iconic Signs
17:50 - SimCom & Total Communication
19:16 - Lip Reading
20:44 - ASL Grammar
26:24 - ASL Isn’t ALL About Signs
29:56 - Reading & Writing? Oh, Yes!
31:06 - Accents, Creoles & Dialects
32:34 - ASL Culture & Idioms
33:14 - How Long Does It Take to Learn ASL?
34:14 - Sign Language Etiquette
37:22 - From Beginner to the Bomb!

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