Re: Some thoughts on mutli-modal (signing / speech) languages and communication.
| From: | Sai Emrys <saizai@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 18:28 |
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:
> ("Zebra at zoo pretty, agree?")
FWIW, ASL would not have an "at", quite:
(eyebrow raise [subject marker]) ZOO(/er) (point) ZEBRA PRETTY (Q)RIGHT(/Q)
> I don't know how long the system has been around, whether it's been around
> long enough to conduct such inquiries now.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language_in_infants_and_toddlers
the first popular source listed is "Sign With Your Baby: How to
Communicate With Infants Before They Can Speak".
Per Amazon, it was published in 2002.
- Sai