Channel: ASLMeredith

Category: Education

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Description: Today's Fingerspelling Challenge (shared on Friday via Instagram) shows 4 names -- first quickly, then half-speed, then beginner pace. Last (at 2:48) see the full names and answers - who these 4 people are, and what they have in common / why I'm sharing these names. (Answers below....) . . . . These 4 names are to celebrate the researcher-authors of the book The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure, by Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Joseph Hill, in collaboration with Roxanne Dummett, Pamela Baldwin, and Randall Hogue February is Black History Month, so this is a great opportunity (as always) to check out this book! Learn about the historical context in which Black ASL developed, and examine its linguistic structure. The book comes with online videos you can watch to see examples of what the book depicts. Find the book where books are sold! Try your local bookseller, or otherwise here's Amazon: amazon.com/Hidden-Treasure-Black-ASL-Structure-dp-1944838724/dp/1944838724