This is a short one, because the link I am giving you is long...
The Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action (www.folda.net)put together a great Deaf Legacy Kit in honor of Deaf History Month, 2006. It has all sorts of fun stuff and if you or your library are starting to think about next March, here is a great place to get started.
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More Links!
I was looking for something to post today and found this really excellent link site...
If you are Deaf and into motorcycles stop by Deaf Motorcycle Links.com They site links from all over the world to hook up with like-minded individuals.
Another link worth having that is of a more general nature is The Deaf Resource Library. It is "an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics."
I love to wander through the Deaf Resource Library. It is a font of worthwhile information. I hoope you find it as useful.
If you are Deaf and into motorcycles stop by Deaf Motorcycle Links.com They site links from all over the world to hook up with like-minded individuals.
Another link worth having that is of a more general nature is The Deaf Resource Library. It is "an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics."
I love to wander through the Deaf Resource Library. It is a font of worthwhile information. I hoope you find it as useful.
Monday
ASL Idioms
Many people have asked me about idioms in ASL. My teachers have preferred the term "idiomatic expression."
An idiom: A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements; a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words; an expression with a meaning that cannot be guessed from the meanings of the individual words.
There are some items called "idioms" by those of us who are not native users because of what we perceive as separate parts. An example is one of the signs for "forever" which resembles the sign for cow, then extended in movement away from the forehead. To English speakers, it looks like "COW-ON" and so is idiomatic. But most Deaf I ask laugh when I bring up its resemblence to "COW" - they've never thought about it6 that way.
If you would liket os ee one group's translation of several English idioms, try ASLPro.com and their phrase dictionary. Not all of them are produced the same way in every part of the country, so be sure and verify local differences within your Deaf comnmunity.
An idiom: A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements; a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words; an expression with a meaning that cannot be guessed from the meanings of the individual words.
There are some items called "idioms" by those of us who are not native users because of what we perceive as separate parts. An example is one of the signs for "forever" which resembles the sign for cow, then extended in movement away from the forehead. To English speakers, it looks like "COW-ON" and so is idiomatic. But most Deaf I ask laugh when I bring up its resemblence to "COW" - they've never thought about it6 that way.
If you would liket os ee one group's translation of several English idioms, try ASLPro.com and their phrase dictionary. Not all of them are produced the same way in every part of the country, so be sure and verify local differences within your Deaf comnmunity.
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