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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Third Kind of Tolerance in Deaf Hate Crime

The meaning of tolerance is to be able to put up with somebody or something. Basically, you do not like this person or thing, but you will deal with him or it. In the other words, you can tolerate him or it. Some people can tolerate someone joking about “flying monkeys (see the December 9th hate speech text below),” while others can hardly tolerate an “odd balls” joke. But they all can’t tolerate a death or "no balls" joke.

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Damn -- I find the 'ism overrated. The 'ism has gone overboard just like those horde of flying monkeys in Wizard of Oz.
December 9 at 5:20pm · ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck What happened?
      December 9 at 5:58pm ·
    • Gato Gordo There were flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz?
      December 9 at 6:42pm ·
    • ลี ปีกนกทุ่ง
      Michelle -- I posted a video via youtube.com. That would answer your question, amongst others who were... accusing me of practising "-ism" which is so full of bull manure. :)

      btw, the link is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tsUlsP8OF4...See More
      December 9 at 6:45pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck All right.....checking it out.
      December 9 at 6:46pm ·
    • ลี ปีกนกทุ่ง Yep, Gato -- you might want to have your eye sights checked. :)
      December 9 at 6:48pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Ahhh, that! I saw those several videes he made.....no bother with 'em. Yeah, he has some tendency to overuse any word to go with 'ism'.
      December 9 at 6:48pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Gato, I happen to be one of flying monkeys. *smirk*
      December 9 at 6:49pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck And would grab your tail, Gato, as well. Of course, gato is cat in El Spanish. Ole!
      December 9 at 6:50pm ·
    • Barb DiGi amongs others...so sad really...what's going on here is McCarlism..
      December 9 at 7:00pm ·
    • Barb DiGi err..I meant to type amongst not amongs...
      December 9 at 7:17pm ·
    • Barb DiGi and I meant McCarlism not McCarthyism in case you'd wondered...
      December 9 at 7:18pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Hahaha, I already knew what you mean, Barb...when I read McCarlism, I knew you meant McCarthyism because it was used in some references that I'm trying to remember, LOL.
      December 9 at 7:25pm ·
    • Barb DiGi Err I didn't mean McCarthyism smiles It's McCarlism but yeah the meaning behind it is McCarthyism LOL!
      December 9 at 7:34pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Trying to mess with my head? :P LOL But I hear you anyway....
      December 9 at 7:48pm ·
    • Barb DiGi I am in a really sarcastic mood tonight..oh so now you can hear me?? be careful not to go audistic here (duck!)
      December 9 at 7:59pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Oh hell....I "heer" you. *smirk*
      December 9 at 8:09pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Or rather *hee* ye.
      December 9 at 8:09pm ·
    • Diane Squires ‎*pointed to ear* What is it?
      December 9 at 8:41pm ·
    • Barb DiGi Aye, let's talk medieval, shall we? Hark now, methinks I do hear the sounds of the duelists preparing for combat upon the green! Can you hear me Diane? Fare thee well!
      December 9 at 9:08pm ·
    • Michelle InsaneMisha Passeck Hear ye, hear ye! Shalt thoust proceed 'tis duelin', m'lady? *slaps ye face and throws down her glove*
      December 9 at 9:12pm ·
    • Diane Squires LOL I caught Lee's sign *pointing to his ear* so what is it? Sorry if I am not cl'hear' at first
      December 9 at 9:16pm ·
    • ลี ปีกนกทุ่ง Oh, Diane, that means "hearing" in International Sign Language. Barb says she knows it is actually used in South American Sign Language.
      December 9 at 9:20pm via Facebook Mobile ·
    • Diane Squires I hear ya!
      December 9 at 9:23pm ·
    • James Patrick Petrusich Haha, ya haven"t changed a bit bro. Go listen to John Lennon songs for awhile will ya! Wink!
      December 9 at 9:28pm ·
    • ลี ปีกนกทุ่ง Err I meant south African. Yo, jimbo! Nah, I'll take bob marley. :D
      December 9 at 9:32pm ·
    • Karen Westphal Mayes Just checked your vlog out...

      o-KAY.

      Hope it's over now... that the spell you cast works.
      December 10 at 4:05am ·
    • Karen Westphal Mayes Oh.

      I see it has not worked. Oh boy. It's ridiclous... so your ASL sux. Therefore you should be removed? My my. My ASL SUX a big time sooo... haha. I am just a Muggle.
      December 10 at 4:32am ·
    • Karen Westphal Mayes
      Hmm... I can think of some people who did a lot of wordplay with languages... especially ONE person.

      Shakespeare.

      Paotie always has a way of playing with words.
      ...See More
      December 10 at 5:03am ·
    • ลี ปีกนกทุ่ง Funny thing -- based on what you said, I feel like I'm a muggle, too.
      December 10 at 9:23am ·


Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Earliest Video of ASL DRAGON (11/14/2006)

I developed the very first video of ASL Dragon. Click: http://carl-schroeder.blogspot.com/2006/11/asl-dragon-on-video.html. It's very difficult to decipher and requires numerous interpretations.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Thinking Syntactically in American Sign Language

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The title of this blog is Thinking Syntactically in American Sign Language (ASL). As the title suggests, the focus of this blog is on "thinking about ASL." ASL syntax is the component of linguistics that concerned with the way signs are used to form ASL sentences. This blog illustrates one way of thinking about ASL sentence formation.

Since 1960's, especially after the publication of William C. Stokoe's first Dictionary of American Sign Language based on linguistic principles, many types of linguistic theories have been developed in an attempt to explain how ASL is used and formed. An approach that has given rise to a lot of exciting discoveries is the one initiated by Bob Johnson and Scott Liddell which is known as "hold-movement models." One of the properties of hold-movement models which I think makes ASL particularly attractive is that it uses a methodology modeled on what is used in the natural sciences.

When we examine ASL, we "think about ASL" in a scientific way: we elaborate our analyses using a scientific methodology, a hunt for order, explanation and regularity. To clarify the notion "order" let us look at the parameters: hand configurations, palm orientations, onset-coda locations, non-manual morphemes, and modifier movements. We refer to these parameters as "grammar": a sign is stood in a syntactically subordinate relation to another sign with descriptive, limiting or particularizing "explanation." In ASL, we unconsciously apply linguistic rules, which are systematic patterns--"regularity."

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ASL is not a spectator sport, where we sit on the sidelines and watch others perform. Rather, we get involved to enter the world of the Deaf and the mindset of the Deaf.

:-)