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Nov 04, 2025
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2022-2023 College Catalog [***ATTENTION: THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG***]
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ASL 203 - Comparative Analysis of American Sign Language to English
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture.
Enhanced study of the fundamental principles and cognitive processing of American Sign Language. Includes a further study of the Deaf community and Deaf culture.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- discuss the role of the classifiers in American Sign Language;
- discuss the linguistic aspects of verb modulation/inflection;
- explain the functions of eye-indexing, pronominalization, compounding, contracting, sign space referents, facial grammar, relative clauses and conjunctions;
- list three critical components of language;
- diagram and describe the sign language continuum of manually coded English, Rochester Method; American Sign Language; Pidgin Sign Language, and oral;
- discuss basic comparisons between American Sign Language and English semantics, morphology, phonology, and syntax;
- discuss American Sign Language as a living language including historical changes of American Sign Language, current trends, and future predictions;
- read, write, and explain the role of basic gloss transcription;
- and produce an American Sign Language research paper demonstrating necessary research writing skills using an approved discipline related style format.
Prerequisite(s): ASL 202 with a grade of B or better and ENG 102 , or consent from Instructor
Grading Option: May be taken for S/U credit.
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