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Tag Archives: language
Me – a professional BSL interpreter?
Ok, so that’s definitely not true but I try. Although he often has interpreters coming into the office, I regularly act as a backup interpreter for Ben for small meetings etc. The other day however, his interpreter had an accident … Continue reading
Some interesting deaf-related things online
My BSL Level 3 class has now finished temporarily for the summer and I figured it would be a good idea to let them know the interesting deaf-related blogs etc that I keep an eye on. So here we have … Continue reading
Posted in sign language, some recommendations
Tagged bsl, deaf, language, links, resources, sign
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Garden Hose – A BSL story (/homework!)
As we had a half term escape from my sign language course this week, we were given a monster homework. Translate an entire story from English to BSL. Here is my attempt – see if you can work out what … Continue reading
Modification and intensifiers in BSL
A really common way of differentiating things like speed, weight, size, etc in BSL is using non-manual features (NMF) such as modifiers and intensifiers. For example, when expressing the speed of someone cycling, I would use a single sign to … Continue reading
Posted in sign language
Tagged bsl, facial, features, grammar, intensifiers, language, modification, modifiers, nmf, sign
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Compound signs
I’ve mentioned compound signs in a previous post but I’ve studied them recently on my BSL course so I thought I’d go into a little more detail. A compound sign is one that is created by combining two (or more) … Continue reading
Multi-channel signs in BSL
One interesting aspect of BSL grammar is multi-channel signs; these are special signs where both manual (i.e. using your hands) and non-manual (e.g. facial expressions, lip patterns etc) actions are combined to form a single sign. In my BSL course … Continue reading
Posted in sign language
Tagged bsl, deaf, grammar, language, multi-channel, ordering, sign, word
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BSL word ordering
English version One of the things that people struggle to understand when learning BSL is how the word ordering differs from English. For example, consider the sentence ‘Why was the black cat climbing the tree in your garden yesterday?’. This … Continue reading
Learning sign language
[Note: I was going to try and translate this post into BSL for the benefit of my readers who sign (there's at least one!) but I have a feeling this post would never appear as I keep putting it off! … Continue reading