People who can speak the most of the time are thinking on their native language,but the deaf-mute are communicating in diferent way,with singns, that's why I'm very curious to know when they are thinking about something,do they have some voice in their head,or they just have images without voice.
2006-11-13 11:32:15 · 6 answers · asked by Andrijana P 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
A Deaf person also thinks in their native language. If they are raised orally, they think in spoken English (or whatever language they grew up learning), although it is their perception about what sound is like. If they grow up using sign language, they think in sign. Both also think in written word.
Deaf people also talk to themselves. I had one ASL teacher who was Deaf and raised using ASL and if she was thinking about something, sometimes she would talk to herself and she would make little signs to herself). Another teacher I had was Deaf, but she was raised orally and learned ASL later in life, and she would mouth things to herself.
People think in their dominant language.
2006-11-15 03:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by seasonsoflove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What an interesting question, I've never thought about that! I suppose if you were born deaf and mute it's impossible to dream or think in a way that you have never heard, seen or experienced. How can you dream of images if you've never seen anything? I guess you can only imagine. When I think, I think in English and I guess like my own voice is talking inside my head.... if you've never heard a voice how do you think? They must have to think in concepts and experiences. They just know that something is cold or soft or know they are hungry but can't express it through any words, they just know that that is how it is.... Very interesting....
2006-11-14 01:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by Celia 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how old they were when they became deaf-mute.
There are people who were blind first, and obviously they can still speak fairly normally even after they become deaf. People who were deaf first can often speak unclearly, and will continue to do so after becoming blind.
If they lost both sight and hearing at or before birth, they will NEVER be able to think or dream about voices - because they can't think or dream about something they can't comprehend. If they lost both hearing and sight in infancy, before learning to talk, they might dream about voices - even if they don't consciously remember ever hearing them.
People who lost both senses after becoming adults would still dream in their first language, but with tactile communications taking a more prominent place in the dreams as time goes by.
And yes, as they communicate with the world in general using their hands, that would frequently be a part of their dreams.
2006-11-13 22:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Deaf people think in terms of ideas, feelings, images, tactile sensations.
People whose primary language is ASL dream in ASL and often write in ASL grammar.
Remember, when one sense is lost, the other four get stronger to make up for it. So every sense you can think of other than auditory combines to make a thought in a Deaf mind.
2006-11-13 20:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your question presupposes that we always use language for our thoughts. I don't think this is true, at least not all the time.
But, at any rate, ASL is a language just like any other, so if deaf people do use language to think, I'm sure they can use ASL or any other languages they know.
2006-11-14 01:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As you said they have ideas in their minds.
They doesn´t have sounds or letters in their minds so they think without using any language
2006-11-13 19:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by arqui 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋