Foundations of Sign Language Etymology
Workshop Description:
The foundations workshop demonstrates the application of the following points: 1) language and sign language properties, evolution, studies; 2) evolution structures, patterns, classification, codification; 3) dactylology, allochers, cheremic typology.
Workshop Objectives:
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
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measure points of the foundations in the study and apply to sign language teaching, interpreting, and usage,
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analyze points of the foundations in the study and apply to sign language teaching, interpreting, and usage, and
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compare points of the foundations in the study and apply to sign language teaching, interpreting, and usage.
Presenter Bio:
Buck Rogers, ASL Instructor, trainer, and CDI, first-generation Spanish-American family, BA, MA and 45+ doctoral hours in languages and linguistics, French, Spanish and ASL, Gallaudet U, GMU and UMD. Internship at Parisian Deaf institute, 240 hours training at Académie de la Langue des Signes Française, 80 hours with El Grito Spanish Deaf theater. Instruction of French/LSF and Spanish/LSE to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty at Gallaudet U 1994-2006. Three decades of work experience with foreign Deaf in US and abroad mostly in Latin America. Two decades of similar workshops at local, regional, national, and international conferences.