Linguistics Non-Manual Mrkrs in ASL (ASL 216)

Term: 2011-2012 Academic Year Spring

Faculty

Ms. Shauna Rae WardShow MyInfo popup for Ms. Shauna Rae Ward

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Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (1/11/2012 - 1/25/2012) Location: MAIN BUR 006
Mon-Wed-Fri, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (1/11/2012 - 5/4/2012) Location: MAIN BUR 002

Description

This course is designed to develop proficiency in the understanding and use of non-manual markers in ASL. Many grammatical structures of ASL are produced as facial expressions, body shifts, and morphemes produced with specific mouth and eye movements. For non-Deaf people, this is perhaps some of the more difficult aspects of ASL to learn and the most important for comprehension and production. Students will learn how to accurately inflect specific meaning in ASL using non-manual markers. The course will also touch on fingerspelling accuracy.
Prerequisite: ASL 105