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Sign Language Science: Factors Contribut...
Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Change
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MOOC / Non-credit
USD 129
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About this course
This course describes how we use historical data to demonstrate language change. While earliest indications suggest that the origin of a signed language began as a gestural form, it has evolved as it was handed down.
Skills you'll gain
sociolinguistics
sign language
language change
historical linguistics
gestural communication
communication evolution
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