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Understanding Deaf Culture, Meghan Flanagan May 2018

Understanding Deaf Culture, Meghan Flanagan

Senior Honors Projects

Culture defines people and gives them a sense of identity. It provides a community for individuals with similar beliefs and values to communicate with one another using a shared language. Deaf Culture encompasses these principles, but it is unique in that it has it’s own fully developed language known as American Sign Language (ASL). ASL is a verbal language that incorporates all of the linguistic components of a spoken language such as syntax, idioms, and dialect variation. It allows the deaf community to have a distinct sense of humor along with their own traditions, literature, and theater. All of these …


American Sign Language I Asl 101, Joanna Burkhardt Dec 2016

American Sign Language I Asl 101, Joanna Burkhardt

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American Sign Language Ii Asl 102, Joanna Burkhardt Dec 2016

American Sign Language Ii Asl 102, Joanna Burkhardt

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