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If I want to get an English PhD, why do I need to learn another language?

Also, since I do, apparently, have to learn another language which one should I do? Cause I suck at it.

Date: 2007-10-25 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] christinaathena.livejournal.com
Not yet anyways ... there's actually work going on to create a written form of ASL. Which is actually easier than it sounds. Like spoken languages, ASL is based on a small number of basic units, somewhere around 50 elements, such as hand orientation, basic movements, etc., that are combined to form signs, in much the same way that spoken languages combine a small number of basic sounds into words. The only difference being that the elements of signs are done simultaneously instead of linearly.

Date: 2007-10-25 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kippurbird.livejournal.com
However, I don't think there'll be major works of literature written in ASL by the time I go to get my Phd.

Date: 2007-10-25 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] christinaathena.livejournal.com
True enough. ^_^

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