A Sign Of The Times For ASL

By: dhahn (123) in BU Today

For the hearing-impaired and their families, learning American Sign Language can be a kind of [...]Catch-22. There are ASL dictionaries in print, but because the language lacks a written form the signs are often organized according to their nearest English translation. "You can only look up a sign in the dictionary if you already know what it means," says Carol Neidle, a College of Arts and Sciences professor of linguistics and coordinator of the Undergraduate Linguistics Program at BU.

Read the story on BU Today:
http://www.bu.edu/today/science-tech/2008/02/28/sign-times-asl

Tags: asl, american sign language, dictionary, neidle, sclaroff, deaf