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Contributors| code | group | title | definition | crossReferences | examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16.1601 | American Sign Language | American Sign Language (ASL) | A program that focuses on American Sign Language as a visual and motor medium of communication and discourse for deaf individuals and deaf culture. Includes instruction in the development of ASL, ASL morphology and syntax, signing technique, English translation of ASL, formal and colloquial ASL, and ASL transcription. | 05.0211 - Deaf Studies. | (undefined) |
16.1602 | American Sign Language | Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages | A program that focuses on the scientific and scholarly study of the development, structure, and use of American Sign Language (ASL) and other visual signed languages, both as vehicles for communication within the deaf community and in relation to spoken and written languages. Includes instruction in cognitive linguistics; ASL and sign language phonology, syntax, and morphology; sociolinguistics of the deaf community; comparative linguistics; and studies of specific sign languages, including, but not limited to, ASL, Auslan (Australian Sign Language), LSF (French Sign Language), Shuwa jiten (Japanese Sign Language), HamNoSys (German Sign Language), and Gestuno. | (undefined) | (undefined) |
16.1603 | American Sign Language | Sign Language Interpretation and Translation | A program that prepares individuals to function as simultaneous interpreters of American Sign Language | (undefined) | (undefined) |
16.1699 | American Sign Language | American Sign Language, Other | Any instructional program that focuses on American Sign Language as a communication medium or language skill that is not listed above. | (undefined) | (undefined) |