[lbo-talk] More on Kenneally

[Andy]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Chris Doss<lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> AFAIK (which isn't much) that is the case. (Do they use word order? I dunno. How important is grammar in ASL? How important actually is grammar in communication, or do we just fetishize it because we use it? I dunno.) But they're just starting out. Set them down in the African highlands somewhere and come back in 100,000 years and see what they're doing.

It's actually pretty interesting:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language_grammar#Syntax>

Teaching ASL, or at least signs, to co-primates is politically
wrankling for some as it's seen as diminishing its sometimes
unrecognized status as a language.

-- 
Andy