History of Portuguese Sign Language

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We intend that students may identify, know understand and relate facts and historical context with sign languages in general and Portuguese Sign Language. Teaching methods will consist mainy on exposition, reflexion and discussion of primary sources. Continuos assessment: One essay (40%) and one written and signed test (60%) Final evaluation: written and signed test (100%).

To know Historical documenta related with sign languages or gestural systems
Understand historical PSL etymological roots
Identify swedish sign language and other contact languages influences in PSL
Understand sincronic and diachronic variation in PSL

1.1 Language History and Culture
1.1.1- PSL origins and meaning: from Borg to nowadays
1.2- Schools and Language Statutes: community and associations
1.3 Visual Languages : diacronical perspetive. Some data.
1.4 Deaf Community and language Sign Languages and oralism

2. Diacrony/Sincrony
2.1 Sign Languages History: comparing sign languages
2.2 Etimological processes and contamination
2.3 Language and culture development

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Frequency - 60.0%
• - Individual and/or Group Work - 40.0%

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•Bébian, R.- A. -A. (1817). Essai sur les Sourds-Muets et sur le langage naturel ou introduction à une classification naturelle des idées avec leurs signes propres. Paris: J.G. Dentu, imprimeur- libraire.

•Bébian, R.- A. -A. (1825). Mimographie ou Essai d’Écriture mimique propre à regulariser

le langage des sourds-muets. Paris: L. Colas.

•Carvalho, P. (2007). História dos Surdos no Mundo e em Portugal. Lisboa: Surd’universo.

•Carvalho, P. (2009). História da Educação de Surdos I. Lisboa: Universidade Católica Editora.

•Carvalho, P. (2010). História da Educação de Surdos II. Lisboa: Universidade Católica Editora.

•Carvalho, P. (2013). A Herança do Abade de L’Épée na Viragem do Século XVIII para o

Século XIX. Lisboa: The Factory.

•Stokoe, W. (1960). Sign Language Structure: An outline of visual comunication systems of the american deaf. Studies in Linguístics: Ocasional papers nº8. Buffalo: University of Buffalo: Department of Anthropology and Linguístics.