ESP 418 Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
Candidates explore the language functions of American Sign Language (ASL), the visual-gestural language of the Deaf, and perspectives of the Deaf community. Emphasis is placed on ASL grammar and syntax, including non-manual behaviors, classifiers, locatives, fingerspelling, spatial sense, temporal and distributional aspects, and transcriptions. Candidates develop receptive and expressive communication skills in ASL on a basic level.