16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
A program that focuses on the scientific and scholarly study of the development, structure, and use of American Sign Language (ASL) and other visual signed languages, both as vehicles for communication within the deaf community and in relation to spoken and written languages. Includes instruction in cognitive linguistics; ASL and sign language phonology, syntax, and morphology; sociolinguistics of the deaf community; comparative linguistics; and studies of specific sign languages, including, but not limited to, ASL, Auslan (Australian Sign Language), LSF (French Sign Language), Shuwa jiten (Japanese Sign Language), HamNoSys (German Sign Language), and Gestuno.
Where 16.1602 sits in the CIP 2020 hierarchy
- >16 FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS
- >>16.16 American Sign Language
- >>>16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
- >>>16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
16.1602 in other classification systems
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Other CIP 2020 codes under 16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
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- What is CIP 2020 16.1602?
- CIP 2020 16.1602 is "Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages". A program that focuses on the scientific and scholarly study of the development, structure, and use of American Sign Language (ASL) and other visual signed languages, both as vehicles for communication within the deaf community and in relation to spoken and written languages. Includes instruction in cognitive linguistics; ASL and sign language phonology, syntax, and morphology; sociolinguistics of the deaf community; comparative linguistics; and studies of specific sign languages, including, but not limited to, ASL, Auslan (Australian Sign Language), LSF (French Sign Language), Shuwa jiten (Japanese Sign Language), HamNoSys (German Sign Language), and Gestuno.
- How does CIP 2020 16.1602 map to other classification systems?
- 16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages has equivalents in SOC 2018 (25-1124, 25-1199, 25-2031, +1 more); ISCED-F 2013 (0231). These crosswalks let you translate this code between CIP 2020 and 2 other classification systems.
- What is the parent category of 16.1602?
- 16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages sits under 16.1602 Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages in the CIP 2020 hierarchy.
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