ASL initialized RED

[Nassira Nicola]

This is going to look a lot like what other people have been saying, but
consider this a few more votes for a Signed English provenance...

I'm at a teacher-training program right now, and this very sign came up as
an example of an initialized sign that probably won't gain widespread
acceptance.  There were about 15 Deaf native signers (and a few CODAs) from
all over the country in the room, and the reaction to initialized RED was
unanimous and unmitigated horror.

Combine that with what other people on the list (hi, Sarah!) have said, and
I think it's a pretty safe bet that it's Signed English and Signed English
only.  :c)

Nassira Nicola

Harvard University
Linguistics '05


>From: Kearsy Cormier <kearsy.cormier at BRISTOL.AC.UK>
>Reply-To: "For the discussion of linguistics and signed languages."
>      <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
>Subject: ASL initialized RED
>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:05:44 -0500
>
>Hello SLLING-L listers,
>
>I have a quick question about sign usage in ASL.  Would you all say the
>initialized version of ASL RED (with an R-handshape) is
>(commonly/sometimes/never) used by ASL signers, or is it really more of a
>Signed English sign?
>
>Thanks,
>-Kearsy
>--
>Kearsy Cormier, Ph.D.
>Lecturer
>University of Bristol
>Centre for Deaf Studies
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>Bristol BS8 1TN
>Work +44 1 (0)117 954 6909
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