cued speech (explanation)

[Carol Padden]

I think that's true, though my Danish friends tell me that younger
signers are using more fingerspelling, and that a mix of both the MHS and
fingerspelling is used in Danish Sign Language currently.

Carol


>Note that this does not appear to be true of the use of the
>Mouth-Hand System (a system similar to Cued Speech but dating from
>the late 19th century) which is used within Danish Sign Language
>rather like fingerspelling is used in BSL and ASL. See
>Engberg-Pedersen, E. (1993) 'Space in Danish Sign Language'
>Hambug: Signum Press.
>
>> The attitude of the deaf community has been dismissive to openly
>> hostile
>> in the past, but this is changing in some areas. Many "cuekids" are
>> becoming fluent signing adults, demonstrating that CS does not
>> interfere
>> with ASL fluency. Some bi-bi programs are using CS to present English
>> while maintaining ASL as a primary language of instruction.
>
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