3.00 Credits
A course designed to expose students to linguistic elements such as phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The elements will be applied to American Sign Language (ASL) and compared to linguistic features of English. Understanding the differences between ASL and English linguistics, application of linguistic features to a discourse, and usage of critical thinking to evaluate produced texts are goals of course.Prerequisites: ASL 1010, ASL 1120, DSPW 0800, and DSPR 0800