CS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: French Sign Language, American Sign Language, Manually Coded English
21 Mar 2019
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I"m okay, pair up, etc: children of a lesser god, different sign languages present (main one is asl, common functions of sig. Interpersonal control: greeting, departing, replying (ok, yes, no, directing movement (ushering someone into your house, evaluation, compliments. Insults (middle finger: refers to one"s current condition, american sign language (used in children of lesser god) The toe vs the finger: gestures in the law used for legal purposes. In ancient and medieval societies, gestures figured prominently in virtually all basic legal transactions. In ancient mesopotamian law, a vendor transferring land to a purchaser might life his own foot off it and put the purchaser"s foot in his place: due to this prominence of writing in our society . The place that gesture occupies in modern law is now marginal: affirming contract/pacts with gestures, ex. handshake, hand on bible/heart in court, etc.
