Everything about Manually coded language
Signed phonetic representations of verbal languages
Manually coded languages are a family of gestural communication methods which include gestural spelling as well as constructed languages which directly interpolate the grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that is, signed versions of oral languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally in deaf communities, these manual codes are the conscious invention of deaf and hearing educators, and as such lack the distinct spatial structures present in native deaf sign languages. MCLs mostly follow the grammar of the oral language—or, more precisely, of the written form of the oral language that they interpolate. They have been mainly used in deaf education in an effort to "represent English on the hands" and by sign language interpreters in K-12 schools, although they have had some influence on deaf sign languages where their implementation was widespread. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Manually coded languageA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The dissertationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Three-dimensional grammar in the brain: Dissociating the neural correlates of natural sign language and manually coded spoken languageCited 13 times
- Go sideways: Manually coded EnglishA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cued speechA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Three-dimensional grammar in the brain: Dissociating the neural correlates of natural sign language and manually coded spoken language
Can Deaf Children Acquire English?: An Evaluation of Manually Coded English Systems in Terms of the Principles of Language Acquisition
Grammatical Differences Between Japanese Sign Language, Pidgin Sign Japanese, and Manually Coded Japanese: Effects on Comprehension
Mobile Learning for Manually Coded Malay Sign Language Using Augmented Reality
A comparison of Taiwanese sign language and manually coded Chinese: word length and short-term memory capacity
📚 Books worth reading
The dissertationIain Borden · 2000- 📕English for JournalistsWynford Hicks · 2001
A guide to grammar and usage for psychology and related fieldsJohn Eric Bellquist · 1993
Reviewing the artsCampbell B. Titchener · 1988
Succeeding with your master's dissertationJohn Biggam · 2008
Lapsing into a CommaBill Walsh · 2000
Le guide du rédacteur · 1996
Mastering the Commodore 64Mark Greenshields · 1983
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