Languages change—they must. For example, even stickler grammarians have to admit that “impact” has gained popularity as a verb (even if it’s still annoying to some). The Oxford Dictionaries are always adding words: duckface, lolcat and five-second rule made it in December. As evidenced by that list, the internet is a cauldron of word evolution. And like all other languages, American Sign Language has to incorporate the phrases and terms that spring from it.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Link: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-new-words-enter-vernacular-asl-180954419/?no-ist
March Edition of Probes and Tips is Now Available:
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!! (Hearing Screening in the Zero to Three Journal)
Link: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs154/1102782899287/archive/1120235985325.html
Tech revolutionizes education for deaf preschoolers
The walls are decorated with pictures of kangaroos, watermelons, and yo-yos, as “Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush” is being sung in the background. But there’s something different about this preschool classroom: almost all the students have cochlear implants.