EDD 525 - The Linguistics of American Sign Language

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): Only available to graduate students.
A course designed to introduce students to linguistic elements such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics. The elements will be applied to American Sign Language (ASL) and compared to linguistic features of English. Understanding the differences between ASL and English linguistics, application of linguistic features to a discourse, and usage of critical thinking to evaluate produced tests are goals of the course.