[TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map

[Woll, Bencie]

Lloyd Anderson (Anderson L (1979). 'A comparison of some American, British, Australian and Swedish Signs; evidence on historical changes in signs and some family relationships of sign languages.' Paper presented at the first International Symposium on Sign Language, Stockholm, June 1979) suggested some SL family trees. They are reproduced in Sutton-Spence R,Woll B & Elton F (2001). 'Multilingualism.' In Lucas C (ed.) The sociolinguistics of sign language. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 8-32.

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From: linguists interested in signed languages [mailto:SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] On Behalf Of Miako Rankin
Sent: 06 February 2014 14:57
To: SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
Subject: Re: [TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map

I've seen this one going around (attached, hope you can see it - if not, try this link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=721650357845504&set=pb.130754623601750.-2207520000.1391698382.&type=3&theater). Googled "sign language family tree" and this was the one that came up. No idea where it came from or what kind of accuracy it has. Someone's name is at the bottom but it's too small for me to make it out.
Would love to see a linguistically accurate/inclusive/nuanced one.
--Miako

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On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:40 AM, "Adam Frost" <adam at FROSTVILLAGE.COM<mailto:adam at FROSTVILLAGE.COM>> wrote:


This was a question on the TeachASL list. She is asking for a sign language family map. Does anyone know where to find a good one?

Adam


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From: "Heather Berry" <heatherraeberry at YAHOO.COM<mailto:heatherraeberry at YAHOO.COM>>
Date: February 6, 2014 at 6:36:07 AM PST
To: TEACHASL at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<mailto:TEACHASL at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
Subject: [TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map
Reply-To: "Heather Berry" <heatherraeberry at yahoo.com<mailto:heatherraeberry at yahoo.com>>
My students are working on Signing Naturally the country unit and picking different countries to research what the Deaf community is like.  I had a student ask if there are families of sign just like there are families of spoken language, ie romance languages etc.  I know there are but I am looking for some sort of visual or map that illustrates this in an easy to understand format. I know these exist for spoken language.  Does anyone know if something like this exists for sign?
Thanks!
Heather

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