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Mazas, Jose Garcia – AGENDA, 1980
Covering a 500-year span, this article traces the changes in and evolution of the Spanish language from its earliest written accounts in the eleventh century to the Spanish that was brought by the Conquistadores to the New World. (DS)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Styles, Language Variation
Peer reviewedFromkin, Victoria A. – Sign Language Studies, 1988
An examination of the linguistics of American Sign Language (ASL) establishes beyond a doubt that ASL is a natural language distinct from English and provides insight into how the abstract cognitive system called language finds expression in the signed modality. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Credits, Deafness, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedChapin, Paul G. – Sign Language Studies, 1988
Examines the educational purposes of foreign-language requirements and asserts that the study of American Sign Language meets these goals in ways in which other "languages" (English dialects, computer languages) do not. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Credits, Deafness, Degree Requirements
