Notes from Emily Glenn-Smith's talk

If you missed Emily's talk, you missed a lot! A lot of fun and a lot of great information. Here are a very few notes

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ASL has the same level of variation as a spoken language

ASL influence from FSL

Buffalo sign language comes largely from St. Mary's. Very unique, over 150 years old,

youtube gives deaf community equal access to language

ASL idiom: train-go-sorry Cohen 1995

finish-touch Vicars 2005

true-business

ASL slang: changes over time, regional variation, generational variation