FHPO Chapters 1-12 Flashcards
Historically, ASL had 2 major contributors, which are?
Laurent Clerc and the Vineyarders
The first deaf teacher of the deaf in the US
Laurent Clerc
Laurent Clerc was the co-founder of what?
The American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut
Pioneered sign-based education for deaf people in the Western Hemisphere
The American School for the Deaf, affectionally known as “Old Hartford”
ASL has evolved from a blend of what 2 sources?
Old French Sign Language (brought here by Clerc)
&
Old American sign language, used in the communities of Chilmark and West Tisbury on Martha’s Vineyard
This is where signing was as accepted as normal speech, used by the deaf and hearing alike.
Martha’s Vineyard
ASL is a hybrid of ____ and a?
Hybrid of FSL, and an indigenous sign language
When a subordinate language picks up words and uses them from a dominating language, which are gradually incorporated into the subordinate language
Creolization
When and where did the history of ASL in the classroom begin?
Early 19th century in Hartford, Connecticut
Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell had a daughter in 1805 that was
Deafened early because of spotted fever
Why didn’t Dr. Cogswell send Alice to Braidwood?
Didn’t like the idea of shipping her off on the dangerous month long voyage
How did Thomas Gallaudet meet Alice?
Thomas was there neighbor. He was a graduate of Yale and was home recovering from his chronic ill health. He noticed Alice apart from the other kids unable to join in their play.
When Thomas first arrived in Paris, he went where and what happened there?
Went to the Braidwood Academy. They wanted outrageous pay and 3-5 years. So he left.
Where did Thomas go after Braidwood?
A public demonstration given by the abbé Sicard in Londonv
What happened at the public demonstration?
The abbé Siccard showed off his 2 brightest students: Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc. He would sign them questions about the French education of the deaf and they would write it down on chalkboards.
In 1816, Gallaudet was invited by Sicard to what?
The French National Institute in Paris and was given access to everything.
What did Thomas G realize after being received at the French National Institute?
Not enough time to master everything he needed to know to teach the deaf. Clerc volunteered to go with him to the states and establish a new school
During their 51 day journey on board the ?, Clerc taught Gallaudet the fine points of LSF, and Gallaudet taught Clerc some English.
Mary Augusta
What opened in Hartford, Connecticut in April 15,1817?
The American Asylum for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons
When was ASL thought of as a language?
When William C. Stoke subjected it to linguistic analysis.
Did the American Asylum for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons use oral education?
No, expect for a few semi-mutes. Was seen as a waste of time
Both Clerc and Gallaudet married people from where
“Old Hartford” alumni
What was the first recorded deaf marriage in US?
In 1818 when Clerc married Eliza Crocker
Gallaudet married this woman, soon afterwards known as the “queen of the Deaf community”
Sophia Fowler
The founder and first president of Gallaudet University
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Schools for the deaf predates the formal est. of what?
Public schools
The world’s first and the only liberal-arts college for the Deaf
Gallaudet university
Gallaudet was named after who
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
In 1850, Gallaudet and Clerc were
Honored at a convocation of all living Hartford alumni
In June 1817, two months after its opening, this president visited Old Hartford to give a speech
President Monroe
Describe how the sign for president came about
On the occasion of his visit to old Hartford, he wore a tricorn hat, and one deaf boy climbed a tree to get a better look. When his friends asked if he could see them he said yes by making the shape for a hat and pointed toward the president.
When and who became the first deaf person to address the US Congress to request a grant for his school
1818 Laurent Clerc
Who saw Clerc carrying on an animated signed conversation with another deaf man in a Parisian cafe during his stint as an assistant US envoy to France in 1803
President Monroe
Monroe was probably the first US president to what?
To have direct contact – and real communication – with a deaf person
Is there one sign language for all countries?
NO! Every national sign language is different
While ASL possesses many regional dialects and accents, is standardized enough to
Be easily understood by ASL users (estimated 500,000 to 2 million)
The native sign language of Chilmark and Tisbury, the Martha’s Vineyard communities with an unusually high incidence of hereditary deafness, evolved from what?
Old Kentish Sign Language (the earliest deaf settlers came from the southeastern English country of Kent$
ASL belongs to the same family as ___ and ___
FSL and Spanish Sign Language
ASL is quite different from British Sign Language, which remains largely impervious to
French influence
This forms and important group, rich and vibrant, who’s artistic possibilities have begun to be explored
Scandinavian sign language
Differs from any European sign language
Asian Sign languages
Each school for the deaf in this country, with 11 of the 12 schools being oral, has its own sign language system, as used by the students
Japanese Sign language
Some of these are influenced by the native sign language of missionaries
African sign languages
This functions as a kind of visual Esperanto, being an international sign language to some extent
Gestuno
Gestuno was developed when by who?
In the 1970s by the World Federation of the Deaf’s Commission on Unification of Signs
At the Gala Opening Performance at the DEAF WAY international conference and festival in Washington DC, in 1989, American deaf performers did what
We’re drilled in Gestuno to introduce acts and give simple communications to the audience
Gestuno was developed by a committee meaning
And it’s partly based on what?
It’s not a real language:
ASL
What is the closest thing we have to a universally recognized language?
ASL (because it is the worlds most well known and popular sign language)
Is there any similarity between Braille and ASL?
None whatsoever