AMSL 6209 - Linguistics in American Sign Language

Credit Hours: 3 Former: AUSP

Description This course defines language and linguistics as it pertains to American Sign Language. There is a focus on phonology, morphology and building new signs, deriving nouns from verbs, compounds, fingerspelling and numerical incorporation. The study of syntax includes basic sentence types, lexical categories, word order, time and aspect, verbs and function of space, bilingualism, and American Sign Language as art.