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I'm positive that we've had at least two threads about this already, but I'm too lazy to go look for them right now...
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If you're too lazy, why point that fact out? Additionally, the previous threads we've had were posted many weeks ago. Must we dig up really old threads?
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Rachael wrote:Which raises an interesting question... can you be 'lingual' in ASL?
From a speech-language pathologist's standpoint, yes indeed. I understand that lingual refers to tongue, however, it is indeed a language that is perfectly acceptable to have as one's primary language whether they have hearing or not. Unless you were just playing on the tongue term....umm, but in my field, we certainly recognize ASL as a common language.
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Rachael wrote:Which raises an interesting question... can you be 'lingual' in ASL?
From a speech-language pathologist's standpoint, yes indeed. I understand that lingual refers to tongue, however, it is indeed a language that is perfectly acceptable to have as one's primary language whether they have hearing or not. Unless you were just playing on the tongue term....umm, but in my field, we certainly recognize ASL as a common language.
Yes, I meant that because the word 'lingual' refers to tongue, thus implying a spoken language, can you really be lingual in ASL? Or 'speak' it, for that matter? ;-) I have no doubts about anyone being fluent in it.
Rachael wrote:Which raises an interesting question... can you be 'lingual' in ASL?
From a speech-language pathologist's standpoint, yes indeed. I understand that lingual refers to tongue, however, it is indeed a language that is perfectly acceptable to have as one's primary language whether they have hearing or not. Unless you were just playing on the tongue term....umm, but in my field, we certainly recognize ASL as a common language.
Yes, I meant that because the word 'lingual' refers to tongue, thus implying a spoken language, can you really be lingual in ASL? Or 'speak' it, for that matter? I have no doubts about anyone being fluent in it.
'Speaking' meaning communication yes. Linguistics of ASL, is offered in interpreter training programs, to better the skill of ASL. The term "speaking" is often used my deaf and hearring people in referring to communicating with another person. And deaf people do speak and talk at the same time (you can't always understand the speech - but they do speak).
Rachael wrote:Which raises an interesting question... can you be 'lingual' in ASL?
From a speech-language pathologist's standpoint, yes indeed. I understand that lingual refers to tongue, however, it is indeed a language that is perfectly acceptable to have as one's primary language whether they have hearing or not. Unless you were just playing on the tongue term....umm, but in my field, we certainly recognize ASL as a common language.
Yes, I meant that because the word 'lingual' refers to tongue, thus implying a spoken language, can you really be lingual in ASL? Or 'speak' it, for that matter? I have no doubts about anyone being fluent in it.
'Speaking' meaning communication yes. Linguistics of ASL, is offered in interpreter training programs, to better the skill of ASL. The term "speaking" is often used my deaf and hearring people in referring to communicating with another person. And deaf people do speak and talk at the same time (you can't always understand the speech - but they do speak).
Speaking actually doesn't mean communication, but communication can involve speech. Speech is the motor act of communicating.