Sign language (9)

1 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-03-14 15:08 ID:Heaven

For some odd reason, I've always wanted to learn sign language. Is this a difficult language to learn? Does it have any use outside of communicating with the deaf and/or mute?

Are any 4-ch'ers fluent in sign language? :o

2 Name: bubu : 2006-03-14 15:28 ID:Heaven

>Does it have any use outside of communicating with the deaf and/or mute?

It also has academic use to demonstrate linguistic theories about language development and acquirement.

>Is this a difficult language to learn?

Like with any language, that is a very subjective thing to say.

3 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-03-17 19:43 ID:Heaven

I know a girl who picked it up on a whim and now hangs out with a lot of deaf people. The language is pretty fun. It's not hard at all to learn some signs in an hour and be able to communicate very simple ideas.

4 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-03-17 19:43 ID:Heaven

oh, and I'm talking about ASL here.

5 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-03-18 07:10 ID:JxFoNrWf

>>1

I found it helpful talking to friends in class when the teachers turned their backs.

6 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-04-24 09:30 ID:capGkUWN

>>5
Christ I hated the people that did that

7 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-04-24 13:15 ID:Heaven

>>5
Telepathy works better for that. You don't have to wait for the the teachers to turn their backs.

8 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2006-05-09 00:07 ID:K5nP2WJ7

>>7
hahaha, oh wow

9 Name: Anonymous Linguist : 2009-02-04 06:42 ID:3pa71aNl

Reviving a dead thread, don't want to make a new one.

I'm learning this now. Why does the grammar have to slap you in the face and yell EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS A LIEEEEEEEE?

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