Conlangery #129: Non-Vocal Languages

Jake Malloy and David Peterson join George to talk about sign language as well as a few other ways humans communicate non-vocally. Top of Show Greeting: Bakom Links and Resources: SLIPA ASL Lessons ASL classifiers Non-manual markers in ASL ASL Internet slang Plains Indian Sign Language Tactile Signing Black ASL Signed Exact English (signed English relex) SignWriting (proposed script for ASL) The Non-Verbal Dictionary The Gripping Language   Napoli, Donna Jo and Jeff Wu. (2003) Morpheme structure constraints on two-handed signs in American Sign Language: Notions of symmetry. Sign Language & Linguistics. 6(2), 123-205. Sandler, W., Aronoff, M., Meir, I., & Padden, C. (2011) The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new language. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 29(2), 503–543. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-011-9128-2