<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>This may be relevant (it's about evidence that ASL is a creole of LSF and other sign language input by drawing on data provided by the ASL number sign system):</div><div>Fischer, S. D. (1996). By the numbers: Language-internal evidence for creolization. In W. Edmondson (Ed.), International Review of Sign Lingustics, Volume 1. </div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Adam</div><div>
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</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Associate Professor Adam Schembri<br>
Director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language<br>
La Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria | 3086 | Australia<br>
Tel: +61 3 9479 2887 | Fax: +61 3 9479 3074 | www.latrobe.edu.au/nids<br>
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</div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Julie Hochgesang <<a href="mailto:julie.hochgesang@GALLAUDET.EDU">julie.hochgesang@GALLAUDET.EDU</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> linguists interested in signed languages <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:30:44 +1100<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU</a>" <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Etymology of Numbers in ASL?<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;">I'm looking for historical information on numbers in ASL. I'm familiar with Liddell's work on numeral incorporation but am looking for the etymology behind the number signs themselves in ASL. If anyone could send me any references, it'd be much appreciated. <div><br></div><div>Best,<br>Julie<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Julie Hochgesang, MA<br>Instructor, ASL and Deaf Studies Department<div>Doctoral student, Linguistics Department<br>Gallaudet University<br><br>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.<br><br></div><br></div></blockquote></span></body></html>