ASLMIdterm AndrewFoster-ANSFirstAfricanAmericantograduatefromGallaudet,establishedfirst schoolforthedeafontheAfricancontinent Opened31schoolsforthedeafin13countries JamesGallaudet-ANS Clerc-ANS WilliamStokoe-ANSEnglishteacheratGallaudet-firsttorecognizeASLasanatural language-wrote"DictionaryofASL"(1965) 4ParametersofASL-ANSHandshape,location,Movement,Palmorientation RobbinBattison,-ANSLinguisticResearcher-addedthe4thparameters=palmorientation anddocumentedLoanSigns CarolPadden-ANSresearcheddeafcultureandconditionals LoanSigns-ANSborrowingwordsfromspokenlanguagebymodifyingafingerspelledword #DOG #ALL DeafCulture-ANS-noshakinghands -facialexpressions -physicalcontactinordertogainattention -eyecontact introductionsincludewhatschooloneattended Conditionals-ANSif,thenstatementsw/tonechangesbutaccomplishedw/facialexpressions indeafculture TedSupalla-ANSResearchednounsandverbsinASL(noun-verbpairs) Noun-VerbPairs-ANSsignsthatusethesamehandshape,location,andorientation,buthave adifferentmovement (nounstypicallyhavetwomovementsthatareshortandfastandverbstypicallyhaveoneslow andlongmovement) -car/drive -sit/chair -book/read
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