ASL in Academia

[jlyertv]

I think that more legitimacy would be given to ASL if we, as deaf, could develop a writing system for it. You see, even linguists know that oral languages started out purely oral. A writing system usually is developed later to translate the sound onto paper.

One of my frustration with vlogs is that it takes time to watch it. If it could be translated to writing, we could transmit information in ASL much faster since it is always faster to read than it is to speak/sign.

[ASCDEAF]

@jlyertv It's true, watching vlogs is time consuming. I know there are people working on a writing system for ASL. Maybe some linguists out there can fill us in on this issue.

[DeafSweetMind]

Agree for what u just said.. However it s not easy to do with ASL videos into all that techincal stuffs. Also, it s not easy to talk yrself in video that is what I m having a hard time. Full details to share with others. I am not satisfied to use ASL in the videos because it s more of isolation or talk to myself as I dislike at all. No one like to have a good debate as far as I can see. Prefer to express more into my writings.I can see many are afraid to debate with me. So whats up with that?

[deafamerican]

You made good points. I wonder if Deaf Studies Digital Journal requires people to do both ASL and English or will they accept ASL submissions only without any English text? It is disgusting that the student you mentioned used voice/English for his or her dissertation defense. Gallaudet University people better watch your vlog and make changes. No more spoken English!