Listowner & Maritime SL

[Judith Yoel]

Thanks so much for your hlep! Judith Yoel
--- Barbara O'Dea <odeab at UNM.EDU> wrote:
> Just a quick response to this posting. As far as I
> know, MSL has never been
> considered a form of ASL.
>
> Here is a quote from Clifton F. Carbin's 1996 "Deaf
> Heritage In Canada" p.
> 319 concerning the use of MSL:
>
> "... There are also a small number of users of what
> is called Maritime Sign
> Language. MSL is used primarily by older deaf people
> in certain Nova Scotian
> communities; it, too has never been formally
> researched and is quickly
> becoming extinct."
>
> And here's a web page I found concerning an informal
> research group who
> worked on MSL:
>
> http://www.ccsdeaf.com/mari.html
>
> odeeodee
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Yoel" <judithyo at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Listowner & Maritime SL
>
>
> > Hello, Maritime Sign Language (MSL) is ASL as it
> is
> > used in English speaking parts of North America
> today
> > with an abundance of remnants from BSL, as BSL was
> > once used on Canada's East Coast (in schools
> > established by the British). There is a very small
> and
> > elderly community of users of the adapted, old
> form of
> > BSL.
> > I welcome all who can give me further information
> on
> > this issue. thanks, Judith Yoel
> > --- "Adam Schembri, Deaf Studies"
> > <Adam.Schembri at BRISTOL.AC.UK> wrote:
> > > Who is currently the listowner of SLLING-L? I'm
> > > having problems
> > > receiving messages...but have had no response to
> my
> > > requests for
> > > assistance.
> > >
> > > A question: Is Maritime Sign Language in Canada
> > > really 'BSL', or is
> > > it related to BSL?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > > Adam Schembri
> > > Centre for Deaf Studies
> > > University of Bristol
> > > 8 Woodland Rd
> > > Bristol BS8 1TN
> > > United Kingdom
> > > Telephone: +44 (0)117 954 6909
> > > Textphone: +44 (0)117 954 6920
> > > Fax: +44 (0)117 954 6921
> > > Email: Adam.Schembri at bristol.ac.uk
> > > Website: www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/DeafStudies
> >
> >
> > =====
> >
> > Judith Yoel
> > Kibbutz Ramot Menashe
> > Doar Na Hevel Meggido
> > Israel
> > 19245
> > judithyo at yahoo.com
> >
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Judith Yoel
Kibbutz Ramot Menashe
Doar Na Hevel Meggido
Israel
19245
judithyo at yahoo.com

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