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I remember thinking the exact same thing when I started to learn sign language over 18 years ago..surely if the sentence is “what is your name?” or “where do you live?” why don’t myyearbook you sign exactly that!
British Sign Language myyearbook uses a grammatical structure myyearbook commonly described as a Topic Comment Structure. This basically means that the topic is stated first and then a comment about that topic is stated and explained afterwards- similiar to a lot of foreign spoken languages.
So far example when asking what your name is in BSL the sign “Name” comes first then the possessive of who that name belongs to (ie “Your”) and then a comment about it afterwards ”What” is signed.
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I remember thinking the exact same thing when I started to learn sign language over 18 years ago..surely if the sentence is “what is your name?” or “where do you live?” why don’t myyearbook you sign exactly that!
British Sign Language myyearbook uses a grammatical structure myyearbook commonly described as a Topic Comment Structure. This basically means that the topic is stated first and then a comment about that topic is stated and explained afterwards- similiar to a lot of foreign spoken languages.
So far example when asking what your name is in BSL the sign “Name” comes first then the possessive of who that name belongs to (ie “Your”) and then a comment about it afterwards ”What” is signed.
Name myyearbook (required)
Follow @learnsigning on Twitter BSL was recognised as a language in its own right by the UK government on 18 March 2003 1 year ago Did you know that there are over 50,000 first-language signers in the UK? 1 year ago Our YouTube channel with videos: youtube.com/user/LSLSoniaH 1 year ago Do you know someone who would love the gift of signing? We can help learnsignlanguage.co.uk 1 year ago Real Life Usefulness - you can understand and use everyday living words in sign language. bit.ly/dp2dnZ 1 year ago
Recent Learn Sign Language myyearbook posts Deaf culture myyearbook and sign language Different sign language systems used in schools Learning the basics of British Sign Language Etiquette when communicating with Deaf People Learn British Sign Language for Free
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