I'd be interested to know if sign language is as syntatically rigid as spoken or written language is? Any signers out there like to comment?
2007-11-01 02:58:36 · 7 answers · asked by cynobitya 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, I have been learning it and find it quite confusing when you change the word order for example "I love you" becomes "Love I you". And some connecting words are also missed out. "Where do you live?" becomes "Where live you?" Not very good examples, but only what I can think of in the space of a couple of minutes.
2007-11-03 01:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by zakiit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earlier this year i've done my teaching practise at a deaf school and i've noticed that it's not the same as spoken language at all. There are more spoken words than in sign language.
So the answer are NO, we have more rules than they do.
2007-11-01 09:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the US, there are two main forms of sign language.
ASL (American Sign Language) does not conform to the rules of spoken or written grammar.
SEE (Signing Exact English) does.
ASL is much more commonly used
2007-11-01 03:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by Mark B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sign language, like all natural languages, has its own syntax. The syntax is not based on English. It is its own language, separate from English. The grammar follows principles that are followed by all natural languages.
2007-11-01 19:11:52 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, signing is a lot like chinese in that concepts are related more quickly than actual rigid technical descriptions.
2007-11-01 03:28:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were to translate it literally, it would sound more like pidgin English -- no words like "the" or "an" are normally included; and context is more important for determining whether a noun is singular or plural, and so on...
2007-11-01 03:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's more like a picture language, where each picture is a word, and not a letter.
2007-11-01 03:02:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋