The article that I found is about 7 interesting things you may or may not know about sign language. I picked the article because I thought it has interesting facts, some of which I did not know about. It's related to language because obviously it is a language and within the article, it talks about how it is acquired and what happens when some of the communication ability is lost. For me, the most interesting thing was the part where it talked about how babies acquire sign language. It said that they start "babbling" with their hands and they use easier hand signs, which are "baby pronunciations." This article did make me want to learn more about the topic because I then started researching more about child signing. I think my topic has a huge effect on the world-sign language is very prominent in the United States as well as worldwide and I think having more knowledge about it would benefit those who sign and also those who don't. Here's some signs for the road!
The article you linked is really cool! The thing I found most interesting about it was that in the even of a brain injury it is affected the exact same way a spoken language would be, even though one is a visual language and one is auditory. It's pretty amazing how the further we get in class, you really see how "universal" Universal Language really is.
ReplyDeleteSign language seems so interesting to learn and use. I can't believe how fast and easy children can acquire a language it's so amazing. Hopefully I'll learn sign language someday that would be cool.
ReplyDeleteIt's true if we think about it. If people who isolated from others in their family they create signs for an object. That way they all understand each other. I also think it is cool that every language has it's own signs because even in Spanish some words don't translate.
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