Chapter Four: Identity and Communication In the Deaf Community

Question 1

Signed Supported Speech

Answer 1

Broad category of sign language systems based on English lexicon and grammar

Question 2

The Rochester Method

Answer 2

Each letter of English alphabet is assigned a handshape and all words are fingerspelled

Question 3

Seeing Essential English (SEE1)

Answer 3

Each syllable is given a separate manual movement

Question 4

Signed Exact English (SEE2)

Answer 4

Combination of SEE1, invented initialized signs, and ASL

Question 5

Signed English (SE)

Answer 5

English grammar order w/ ASL signs

Question 6

Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE)

Answer 6

English grammar order w/ ASL signs. Some initialized signs used.

Question 7

Home Signs

Answer 7

System of pantomime, gestures, manual signals used within family/ close friends in replacement or addition to formal language

Question 8

Tactile

Answer 8

ASL signed on the hands

Question 9

Pro-Tactile

Answer 9

Protactile is a method of tactile communication that allows an individual who is DeafBlind/deafblind to have more reliable information about the visual elements of their environment (people smiling/nodding). Protactile allows people to establish tactile communication channels in different ways.

Question 10

Contact Varieties

Answer 10

Mix of structure due to prolonged language contact, also called PSE