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Re: THEORY: Question about the evolution of language

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 8, 1999, 5:28
Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Speaking of sign languages, what is the origin of "standard" SL's like > ASL?
It's a daughter language of French Sign Language (with an admixture of now-extinct Martha's Vineyard Sign Language). FSL was standardized probably based on a mixture of French home-sign systems and local dialects. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin